#282935
Gunmetal · very dark cool blue
About #282935
#282935 is a muted, very dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 16% red, 16% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Gunmetal (ΔE 7.7); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #353428 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #282935 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.40:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #282935?
#282935 is a muted, very dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 16% red, 16% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #282935?
Use white text. White on #282935 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #282935?
Its complementary colour is #353428, and analogous partners are #283035 and #2D2835.