Dark clock widget

What a dark clock widget shows

A digital clock is the widget most people place first. It needs to be readable from arm's length, so the time takes most of the space and the date sits quietly below it.

It uses the phone's own time, so it needs no permission and works offline. WidgetCraft's clock layer follows your 12- or 24-hour setting unless you choose a format.

How the dark style shapes it

Dark widgets sit on pure black so they merge with an AMOLED wallpaper. White text, one bright accent and very little else: sharp to read and easy on the battery of an OLED display.

• Numbers: Let the number glow in white against black and keep it medium weight.
• Text: Use off-white for main text and mid grey for labels so the contrast has two clear levels.

Dark clock widget recipe

Dark color palette

• True black #000000Background
• Graphite #141414Surface and tracks
• White #FAFAFAText
• Ash #8C8C8CLabels
• Electric blue #3B9EFFAccent

How to make a dark clock widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #000000 and the corner radius to 24.
2. Tap Add and choose Clock. Set the format to hours and minutes, the font to built-in Sans, the size to 78 and the color to #FAFAFA.
3. Add a Date layer above it for the weekday at size 12 in #8C8C8C.
4. Add a second Date layer below for the day and month at size 15.
5. Add a small Shape in #3B9EFF as the only accent, and align every layer to the same left margin of 24.
6. Arrange the layers in the split layout: the time on the left at size 64, a thin divider at x 236, and the weekday and date stacked in a column on the right.
7. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for dark clock widgets

• Use #000000 so the widget disappears into a black wallpaper.
• Keep one accent color for the whole screen.
• Seconds make a home screen widget look busy and Android updates widgets about once a minute, so leave them out.
• Check the widest time, such as 22:58 or 12:48 PM, so it never touches the edges.
• If the launcher crops the widget, reduce the time size before reducing the margins.
• Do not use pure white for long text; off-white is easier to read.
• Do not add borders around black widgets on a black wallpaper.

Questions about the dark clock widget

What size is a dark clock widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

True black (#000000) for the background, White (#FAFAFA) for the main text, Ash (#8C8C8C) for labels and Electric blue (#3B9EFF) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the dark styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for black clock widget, AMOLED clock widget, dark mode clock widget, OLED clock widget. They describe the same look as this dark clock widget.

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