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#2E413E

Gunmetal · dark cool teal

About #2E413E

#2E413E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 25% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Gunmetal (ΔE 8.3); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #412E31 — a espresso tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #2E413E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.81:1).

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Red46
Green65
Blue62

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 8.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 8.7
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #2E413E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #2E413E.
10.81:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #2E413E.
1.94:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2E413E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2E413E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3F3F3E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3C3C3E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#284240

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2E413E?

#2E413E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 25% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #2E413E?

Use white text. White on #2E413E has a contrast ratio of 10.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2E413E?

Its complementary colour is #412E31, and analogous partners are #2E4134 and #2E3B41.