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#35232B

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #35232B

#35232B is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 14% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 19% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 10.4); Espresso comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #23352D — a gunmetal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #35232B for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 14.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.72:1).

Colour codes

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Red53
Green35
Blue43

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 10.4
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 12.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #35232B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #35232B.
14.72:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #35232B.
1.43:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #35232B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#35232B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#25262B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#29292B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#382326

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #35232B?

#35232B is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 14% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 19% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #35232B?

Use white text. White on #35232B has a contrast ratio of 14.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #35232B?

Its complementary colour is #23352D, and analogous partners are #352334 and #352423.