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#321F35

Aubergine · very dark cool pink

About #321F35

#321F35 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 20% red, 12% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Aubergine and Jet (ΔE 17.6); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #22351F — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #321F35 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.18:1).

Colour codes

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Red50
Green31
Blue53

Closest named colours

Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 17.6
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 17.7
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 17.8

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

Text on #321F35

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #321F35.
15.18:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #321F35.
1.38:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #321F35 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#321F35
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1D2436
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#212734
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#332127

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #321F35?

#321F35 is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 20% red, 12% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #321F35?

Use white text. White on #321F35 has a contrast ratio of 15.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #321F35?

Its complementary colour is #22351F, and analogous partners are #271F35 and #351F2D.