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#3F313D

Graphite · dark warm pink

About #3F313D

#3F313D is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 19% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 3% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Graphite (ΔE 10.3); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #313F33 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #3F313D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 12.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.22:1).

Colour codes

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Red63
Green49
Blue61

Closest named colours

Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 10.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 11.3
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #3F313D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on graphite #3F313D.
12.22:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on graphite #3F313D.
1.72:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3F313D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3F313D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#31343E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#34363D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#403235

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3F313D?

#3F313D is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 19% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 3% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #3F313D?

Use white text. White on #3F313D has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3F313D?

Its complementary colour is #313F33, and analogous partners are #3A313F and #3F3136.