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#24322B

Jet · very dark cool green

About #24322B

With the hex code #24322B, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 14% red, 20% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 8.3 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #32242B, 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 — 13.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.41:1).

Colour codes

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Red36
Green50
Blue43

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 8.3
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 8.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #24322B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #24322B.
13.41:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #24322B.
1.57:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #24322B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#24322B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#32302B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2F2E2B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#213230

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #24322B?

With the hex code #24322B, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 14% red, 20% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #24322B?

Use white text. White on #24322B has a contrast ratio of 13.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #24322B?

Its complementary colour is #32242B, and analogous partners are #243224 and #243232.