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#351E2D

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #351E2D

#351E2D is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 12% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 15% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Jet and Eggplant (ΔE 15.2); Eggplant comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #1E3526 — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #351E2D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.27:1).

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Red53
Green30
Blue45

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 15.2
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 16.9
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 17.3

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

Text on #351E2D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #351E2D.
15.27:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #351E2D.
1.37:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #351E2D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#351E2D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1F232E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#25272C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#381E23

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #351E2D?

#351E2D is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 12% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 15% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #351E2D?

Use white text. White on #351E2D has a contrast ratio of 15.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #351E2D?

Its complementary colour is #1E3526, and analogous partners are #311E35 and #351E22.