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#263127

Jet · very dark cool green

About #263127

With the hex code #263127, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 15% red, 19% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 81% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 8.8 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #312630, 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 — 13.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.54:1).

Colour codes

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Red38
Green49
Blue39

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 8.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.7
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #263127

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #263127.
13.54:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #263127.
1.55:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #263127 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#263127
Protanopia (no red cones)
#312F26
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2F2E27
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#25302E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #263127?

With the hex code #263127, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 15% red, 19% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 81% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #263127?

Use white text. White on #263127 has a contrast ratio of 13.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #263127?

Its complementary colour is #312630, and analogous partners are #2B3126 and #26312D.