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#2E232F

Jet · very dark cool pink

About #2E232F

#2E232F is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 14% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 10.1); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #242F23 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #2E232F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.03:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red46
Green35
Blue47

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 10.1
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #2E232F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #2E232F.
15.03:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #2E232F.
1.40:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2E232F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2E232F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#222630
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#24272F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2F2427

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2E232F?

#2E232F is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 14% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #2E232F?

Use white text. White on #2E232F has a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2E232F?

Its complementary colour is #242F23, and analogous partners are #28232F and #2F232A.