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#201E2B

Jet · very dark cool blue

About #201E2B

With the hex code #201E2B, this is a very dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 13% red, 12% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 83% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 11.0 — followed by Onyx. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #292B1E, a jet 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 — 16.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (16.38:1).

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Red32
Green30
Blue43

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.0
Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 11.8
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #201E2B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #201E2B.
16.38:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #201E2B.
1.28:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #201E2B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#201E2B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1B202C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#1B1F2B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1E2022

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #201E2B?

With the hex code #201E2B, this is a very dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 13% red, 12% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 83% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #201E2B?

Use white text. White on #201E2B has a contrast ratio of 16.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #201E2B?

Its complementary colour is #292B1E, and analogous partners are #1E222B and #271E2B.