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#29232F

Jet · very dark cool purple

About #29232F

With the hex code #29232F, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 16% red, 14% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #292F23, 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 — 15.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.26:1).

Colour codes

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Red41
Green35
Blue47

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 9.4
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #29232F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #29232F.
15.26:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #29232F.
1.38:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #29232F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#29232F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#212530
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#22252F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#282527

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #29232F?

With the hex code #29232F, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 16% red, 14% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #29232F?

Use white text. White on #29232F has a contrast ratio of 15.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #29232F?

Its complementary colour is #292F23, and analogous partners are #23232F and #2F232F.