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#202E2C

Gunmetal · very dark neutral

About #202E2C

#202E2C is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 18% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 82% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Gunmetal (ΔE 6.3); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #2E2022 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #202E2C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 14.11:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.11:1).

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Red32
Green46
Blue44

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 6.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 6.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #202E2C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #202E2C.
14.11:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #202E2C.
1.49:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #202E2C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#202E2C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2D2C2C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2A2A2C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1C2F2D

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #202E2C?

#202E2C is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 18% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 82% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #202E2C?

Use white text. White on #202E2C has a contrast ratio of 14.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #202E2C?

Its complementary colour is #2E2022, and analogous partners are #202E25 and #20292E.