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#122829

Gunmetal · very dark cool teal

About #122829

With the hex code #122829, this is a very dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 7% red, 16% green and 16% blue, while a printer would mix 56% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 84% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Gunmetal — a ΔE of 8.7 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #291312, a espresso shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.43:1).

Colour codes

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Red18
Green40
Blue41

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 8.7
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 9.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #122829

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #122829.
15.43:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #122829.
1.36:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #122829 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#122829
Protanopia (no red cones)
#252629
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#212329
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#072928

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #122829?

With the hex code #122829, this is a very dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 7% red, 16% green and 16% blue, while a printer would mix 56% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 84% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #122829?

Use white text. White on #122829 has a contrast ratio of 15.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #122829?

Its complementary colour is #291312, and analogous partners are #12291F and #121C29.