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#32312E

Jet · dark neutral

About #32312E

#32312E is a dark, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 20% red, 19% green and 18% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 8% yellow and 80% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Jet (ΔE 3.5), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #2E2F32 (jet), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 13.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.01:1).

Colour codes

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HSV / HSB
CMYK
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CSS
Red50
Green49
Blue46

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 3.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 3.8
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 7.1

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

Text on #32312E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #32312E.
13.01:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #32312E.
1.61:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #32312E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#32312E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#32312E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#32312E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#333030

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #32312E?

#32312E is a dark, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 20% red, 19% green and 18% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 8% yellow and 80% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #32312E?

Use white text. White on #32312E has a contrast ratio of 13.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #32312E?

Its complementary colour is #2E2F32, and analogous partners are #322F2E and #31322E.