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#202D2D

Gunmetal · very dark neutral

About #202D2D

#202D2D is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 18% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Gunmetal (ΔE 5.3); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #2D2020 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #202D2D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 14.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.24:1).

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Red32
Green45
Blue45

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 5.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 5.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #202D2D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #202D2D.
14.24:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #202D2D.
1.47:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #202D2D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#202D2D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2B2C2D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#292A2D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1C2E2D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #202D2D?

#202D2D is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 18% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #202D2D?

Use white text. White on #202D2D has a contrast ratio of 14.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #202D2D?

Its complementary colour is #2D2020, and analogous partners are #202D27 and #20272D.