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#352E41

Gunmetal · dark cool purple

About #352E41

#352E41 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 18% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Gunmetal (ΔE 12.3); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3A412E — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #352E41 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 12.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.97:1).

Colour codes

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Red53
Green46
Blue65

Closest named colours

Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 13.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #352E41

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #352E41.
12.97:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gunmetal #352E41.
1.62:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #352E41 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#352E41
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2A3142
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#2B3140
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#333135

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #352E41?

#352E41 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 18% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #352E41?

Use white text. White on #352E41 has a contrast ratio of 12.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #352E41?

Its complementary colour is #3A412E, and analogous partners are #2E3041 and #3F2E41.