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#35262E

Jet · very dark warm pink

About #35262E

#35262E is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 15% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 13% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Jet (ΔE 9.0); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #26352D — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #35262E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 14.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.30:1).

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Red53
Green38
Blue46

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 9.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.0
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #35262E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #35262E.
14.30:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #35262E.
1.47:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #35262E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#35262E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#27292E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2A2B2E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#372629

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #35262E?

#35262E is a muted, very dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 15% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 13% yellow and 79% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #35262E?

Use white text. White on #35262E has a contrast ratio of 14.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #35262E?

Its complementary colour is #26352D, and analogous partners are #352635 and #352627.