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#2F2F41

Gunmetal · dark cool blue

About #2F2F41

With the hex code #2F2F41, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 18% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Gunmetal — a ΔE of 10.2 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #41412F, a graphite shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 13.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.09:1).

Colour codes

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Red47
Green47
Blue65

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.2
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.0
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #2F2F41

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #2F2F41.
13.09:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #2F2F41.
1.60:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2F2F41 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2F2F41
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2A3142
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2A3041
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2B3235

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2F2F41?

With the hex code #2F2F41, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 18% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #2F2F41?

Use white text. White on #2F2F41 has a contrast ratio of 13.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2F2F41?

Its complementary colour is #41412F, and analogous partners are #2F3841 and #382F41.