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#342A35

Jet · very dark cool gray

About #342A35

With the hex code #342A35, this is a very dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 16% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 8.9 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2B352A, a graphite shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 13.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.74:1).

Colour codes

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Red52
Green42
Blue53

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 8.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 10.2
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #342A35

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #342A35.
13.74:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #342A35.
1.53:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #342A35 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#342A35
Protanopia (no red cones)
#292C35
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2B2E35
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#352B2E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #342A35?

With the hex code #342A35, this is a very dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 16% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #342A35?

Use white text. White on #342A35 has a contrast ratio of 13.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #342A35?

Its complementary colour is #2B352A, and analogous partners are #2E2A35 and #352A31.