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#301E2F

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #301E2F

#301E2F is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 19% red, 12% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 2% yellow and 81% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 14.9); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #1E301F — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #301E2F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.53:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.53:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red48
Green30
Blue47

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 14.9
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 16.9
Onyx
#111111 · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #301E2F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #301E2F.
15.53:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #301E2F.
1.35:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #301E2F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#301E2F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1D2330
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#21252E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#311F24

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #301E2F?

#301E2F is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 19% red, 12% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 2% yellow and 81% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #301E2F?

Use white text. White on #301E2F has a contrast ratio of 15.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #301E2F?

Its complementary colour is #1E301F, and analogous partners are #281E30 and #301E26.