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40 Beautiful Dark Website Designs

November 23, 2009 by Mike Smith 43 Comments

Today we are going to showcase 40 beautiful dark website designs. We’ve previously wrote about dark minimalist designs & dark website designs so we’re no strangers to killer dark website designs.

There are a lot of cool designs that are professional and portray the skill levels of the designers and they don’t have to be the clean, white background, minimalist design that many business websites seem to go for (though we absolutely love the clean and minimalist style). So, below are 40 beautiful dark website designs for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Avenue 91.1 ↓

Avenue 91.1

Brite Revolution ↓

Brite Revolution

Mahmoud Omar ↓

Mahmoud Omar

Koray Kibar ↓

koray kibar

DIV Players ↓

Div Players

Brumbaughs ↓

Brumbaughs

Camp Electric 2010 ↓

Camp Electric 2010

Bjørn Enki ↓

Bjørn Enki

Skipvine ↓

Skipvine

Guerra Creativa ↓

Guerra Creativa

Anton Peck ↓

Anton Peck

Skin Poison ↓

Skin Poison

Jarry J. Husni ↓

Harry J. Husni

Sheriar Designs ↓

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Brice Lechatellier ↓

Brice Lechatellier

Constantin Potorac ↓

Constantin Potorac

Aifosvn ↓

Aifosvn

Atari ↓

Atari

Bogdan Teodorescu ↓

Bogdan Teodorescu

960 Pixels ↓

960 Pixels

Burciaga ↓

Burciaga

Twig Kit ↓

twig kit

Tap Tapas ↓

Tap Tapas

Oyster ↓

Oyster

Adore Cheaper Bills ↓

Adore Cheaper Bills

Made by Guerrilla ↓

made by guerrilla

Adii Rockstar ↓

Adii Rockstar

Dezine Zync ↓

Dezine Zync

Anderbose ↓

Anderbose

Rodeopark ↓

Rodeopark

Cabedge ↓

Cabedge

Underground Evolved ↓

R.FM

Ellusionist ↓

Ellusionist

Creative Online Media ↓

Creative Online Media

Design Newz ↓

Design Newz

Onvo Media ↓

Onvo Media

Chris Wallace ↓

Chris Wallace

Cleo Annex Salon ↓

Cleo Annex Salon

Justin Cline ↓

Justin Cline

Social Control ↓

Social Control

What do you think?

Please let us know what you think by leaving a comment below! Any other dark designs that should be included in this list?

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Comments

  1. Design Informer says

    November 23, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Great round-up. All of these sites are awesome! I can’t even choose one as my favorite.

  2. Matt Ward says

    November 23, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Awesome list, Mike. I did one very similar myself a few weeks ago, but it looks like there’s only a few repeats. Sweet. Dark websites rule! I should know. I have one :)

  3. theComplex says

    November 23, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    Great list! I also cannot decide on a fav!

  4. Daniel says

    November 23, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Lovely! How about for future reference http://www.babyroyale.co.uk huh? :)

  5. Dragon says

    November 23, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Missed one.

    honormen.org

  6. Arun B says

    November 23, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    How about for future reference : http://www.thinklive.in

  7. Dave says

    November 24, 2009 at 2:38 am

    Very nice List… :) Thanks

  8. GDevelop says

    November 24, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Wow, there are really some great designs in this collection.
    Thanks for sharing.

  9. Selvam says

    November 24, 2009 at 6:30 am

    nice collection to get inspired…..

  10. Ajay says

    November 24, 2009 at 7:02 am

    Awesome collection!Thanks.

  11. DivPlayers says

    November 24, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Please accept our thanks in behalf of Team DivPlayers for featuring us in your list :) Thanks!

  12. Adore Cheaper Bills says

    November 24, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Thanks for the mention, Jon :)

  13. Web Design Maidstone says

    November 24, 2009 at 8:48 am

    Some great examples, thank you for the post

  14. Gemma says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:04 am

    These are incredible – just the inspiration I need today!

  15. Bjorn Enki says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:04 am

    It’s an honor to be included in this post. Thank you!

  16. Noel Wiggins says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:21 am

    According to “http://www.blackle.com/” its better on the environment if websites used less white space. But I am not to sure I am sold on the ideas, while sites like apple.com look so beautiful with all of its white space I find it difficult to seeing a website look good walking on the dark side.

    But this round up of inspirada, here proves that the concept has potential…

    —

    Thanks and Regards

    Noel for Nopun.com
    a graphic design studio

  17. Dave says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:41 am

    Thanks for the great list. It’s always good to see fellow dark website designs.

  18. cssah says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:45 am

    Awesome collection for daily inspiration .Thanks.

  19. James says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:45 am

    Great round up.

  20. Sarah says

    November 24, 2009 at 10:11 am

    Awesome list, very inspirational! Here is another “dark” site that I love: http://www.lastnightsquote.com

    -Sarah

  21. dubbs says

    November 24, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Nice list – how about http://www.jonwallacedesign.com – a nice blend of colours, layout, type and jquery niceties!

  22. Kevin says

    November 24, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    These are great choices for dark website designs. :)

  23. VIP says

    November 24, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    great list..
    thanks

  24. Mahmoud Omar says

    November 24, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    thanks for featuring me guys,
    am honored =)

  25. Jamie Beckwith says

    November 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Great examples. I stumbled across http://www.dyson.com recently, thought it was a beautiful dark layout.

  26. customicondesign says

    November 24, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Great list, I like every website on the list.

  27. Search Scripts says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Wow! Awesome collection of dark web designs.

  28. Markus says

    November 25, 2009 at 4:48 am

    This is a truly nice collection of dark designed websites. It is an incredible hard job to do and works not more often than it does.
    Thank you very much for this great piece of inspiration.
    Markus

  29. chinna says

    November 26, 2009 at 1:01 am

    Great collection awesome.!

  30. Rahul says

    November 26, 2009 at 8:39 am

    My portfolio site is a dark too with water!

    http://rahulchand.com

  31. BebopDesigner says

    November 26, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Brilliant collection. Thanks for sharing

  32. Nicole Foster says

    November 26, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Those are some beautiful dark websites. You can still look professional, and creative with a dark website.

    That’s why I have a dark color scheme on my portfolio (:

  33. Ryan Cash says

    November 27, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    Some great looking websites! Love Guerra Creativa!

  34. Ashely Adams says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:26 am

    Dark website designs are more appealing thanthe bright colored ones…Here is a list of dark background sites with brightly colored and glossy icons…. Skip Vine, Bjorn Enki, Koray Kibar, Justin Cline and Bogdan Teodorescu are my favorites in the list…This is one exhaustive list of its kind and a beautiful one at that..I am very impressed by this collection..Thanks..

  35. Alfons says

    November 30, 2009 at 3:48 am

    Beautiful websites! Especially Skipvine and Guerra Creativa are great!

  36. codeculture says

    December 7, 2009 at 4:24 am

    That’s a very nice list. I especially like the “cleo annex salon”-Layout. Great job!

  37. Alan says

    December 9, 2009 at 11:50 am

    Good article. I second Arun about thinklive (and no, I have nothing to do with them lol).

    My two favorite dark designs recently, both simple, minimalistic and monochromatically dark:

    http://www.blackestate.co.nz/ (a New Zealand vineyard)

    http://codep-help.co.cc/ (info and help for women abused by narcissists and sex-addicts)

    More dark designs! ;-)

  38. Omer Greenwald says

    February 26, 2010 at 5:21 am

    Wonderful collection! I love antonpeck and anderbose

  39. Chris Horsnell says

    March 30, 2010 at 4:42 am

    Great post, love dark designs! Not only do they look great, but are also environmentally friendly :) Think Guerra Creativa and Aifosvn are awesome!

  40. bcr8tive says

    June 20, 2010 at 2:38 am

    Just launched – new site with loads of artwork – old & new – and coincidentally a “dark site” – ran across an ad for your site from Twitter ;-)

  41. sath says

    July 13, 2010 at 3:15 am

    Great collection about beautiful dark website designs..Its usefull for designers..Thanks for sharing

  42. PSDtoXHTML says

    January 21, 2011 at 5:19 am

    Loved the collection , dark colour has an attitude of itself .. love it , but dark only for personal website or blog , for professional sites i prefer more light themes

  43. Marie says

    March 7, 2011 at 9:46 am

    Great examples! I came across http://www.krispykrush.com, thought it was a beautiful dark layout too.

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