25 Impressive and Inspirational Dark CSS Web Designs

March 18, 2009 by Paul Andrew CSS, Inspiration, Web Inspiration

Stepping away from the relative safety of white/light background in web design can sometimes be quite challenging, even daunting. If it is designed properly, using a dark background, the effect can be very impressive. Here are 25 superb dark designs that prove web design can be beautiful in dark.

CouchCreative

The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

Jan Sochor

Contrast

Alienworx Media Solutions

Mark Dearman

BARITCHI

Ole Martin Kristiansen

383 Project

GIANT Creative

Moose – Creative Agency

Joshua Mauldin

deCode

MediaFlex

Greg Wallace

Design Newz

coda.coza

ultranoir

Visualbox

Take the Walk

Nile Inside

tictoc

SofaSurfer

SpaceCollective

Elysium Burns

Mike Precious

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http://www.pushingbuttons.net Timothy

Nice list.
Jackson

I really recommend checking out Submit Css, it has a lot of great sites like these! Just a thought… but these sites are great, thanks!!!!!!
http://blog.insicdesigns.com insic

nice list. I dont know most of them.
http://theprodesigner.com The Pro Designer

great list, you have really gotta love a good dark site, cause I know I certainly do… Thanks
http://www.chezchris.de chris

I really love the collection and your site. Almost every post is great :) Thx for it
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http://design-newz.com Jon Phillips

Hey thanks for including Design-Newz.com, really appreciated :)
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http://www.damien-goubeau-developpement.fr Damien GOUBEAU

You can also check this website :
http://www.johnbrightman.com
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http://www.treehousesem.com/ Steve DeVries

Wow, these are some really great examples of darker CSS styles. I really like them.
http://webitect.net Kayla

Great collection! I’ve always loved dark designs.
http://www.gregwallace.co.uk/ Greg Wallace

Thanks for including my site among such a great collection! Appreciate it very much.
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http://joshuamauldin.com/ Joshua Mauldin

Hey, thanks for the link love! Great list!
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http://www.elysiumburns.com Sean Baker

Thanks for the love, Specky! Keep up the good fight!
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http://www.sandiegowebstudio.com San Diego Web Designer

When done well with the right contrasting colors and rich photographs, dark backgrounds can work…I liked the 10th example
http://www.cssmadness.com CSS Showcase @CSSMadness.com

I love the list, keep it up!
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http://www.iamafreelancer.net web designer in Egypt

cool list
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