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#312331

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #312331

#312331 is a very dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 19% red, 14% green and 19% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 81% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Jet (ΔE 11.8), with Gunmetal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #233123 (jet), its complementary partner.

Because it is very dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 14.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.84:1).

Colour codes

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RGB
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HSV / HSB
CMYK
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Decimal
CSS
Red49
Green35
Blue49

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.8
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 13.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #312331

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #312331.
14.84:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #312331.
1.42:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #312331 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#312331
Protanopia (no red cones)
#222632
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#252830
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#322428

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #312331?

#312331 is a very dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 19% red, 14% green and 19% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 81% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #312331?

Use white text. White on #312331 has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #312331?

Its complementary colour is #233123, and analogous partners are #2A2331 and #31232A.