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#2C212A

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #2C212A

#2C212A is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 13% green and 16% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 5% yellow and 83% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 8.9); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #212C23 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #2C212A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 15.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.46:1).

Colour codes

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Red44
Green33
Blue42

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 8.9
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #2C212A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #2C212A.
15.46:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #2C212A.
1.36:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2C212A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2C212A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#21232A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#23252A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2D2124

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2C212A?

#2C212A is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 13% green and 16% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 5% yellow and 83% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #2C212A?

Use white text. White on #2C212A has a contrast ratio of 15.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2C212A?

Its complementary colour is #212C23, and analogous partners are #29212C and #2C2125.