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#35293B

Jet · very dark cool purple

About #35293B

With the hex code #35293B, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 16% green and 23% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 77% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Jet — a ΔE of 13.5 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2F3B29, 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 — 13.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.71:1).

Colour codes

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Red53
Green41
Blue59

Closest named colours

Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 13.5
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 13.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #35293B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on jet #35293B.
13.71:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on jet #35293B.
1.53:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #35293B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#35293B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#262D3C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#292E3A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#352B2F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #35293B?

With the hex code #35293B, this is a very dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 16% green and 23% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 77% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #35293B?

Use white text. White on #35293B has a contrast ratio of 13.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #35293B?

Its complementary colour is #2F3B29, and analogous partners are #2C293B and #3B2938.