#352425
Espresso · very dark warm red
About #352425
With the hex code #352425, this is a very dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 14% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 30% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Espresso — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #243534, a gunmetal 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 — 14.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.68:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #352425?
With the hex code #352425, this is a very dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 14% green and 15% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 30% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #352425?
Use white text. White on #352425 has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #352425?
Its complementary colour is #243534, and analogous partners are #35242D and #352C24.