#33242C

A very dark, muted magenta closely aligning with Black.

About #33242C

Visually, #33242C is defined as a muted magenta. Designers often compare it to the standard color Black. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 51, 36, and 44.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 29% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 328.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#33242C
RGB51, 36, 44
HSL328.0°, 17.2%, 17.1%
CMYK0%, 29%, 14%, 80%
HSV328.0°, 29.4%, 20.0%
LAB16.2, 8.7, -2.5
XYZ2.5, 2.1, 2.7
Decimal3351596

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

14.69:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.43:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
14.04:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.22:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #33242C; }
.text-color { color: #33242C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #33242C; }

Similar Colors

Black
#000000