Near black

#353339

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for near black, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Near black carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. Dark neutrals like this stand in for black without the harshness. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Near black color values

Every conversion for #353339, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#353339

RGB53, 51, 57

HSL260, 6%, 21%

HSV260, 11%, 22%

CMYK7%, 11%, 0%, 78%

Lab21.65, 2.3, -3.46

XYZ3.39, 3.42, 4.35

Decimal3486521

Web safe#333333

Pantone532 C

Shades of near black

#2d2c31 #262429 #1e1d20 #171618 #0f0e10

Tints of near black

#48454d #5b5762 #6e6976 #817c8a #94909c #a8a4ae #bbb9c0 #cfcdd2 #e2e1e4 #f6f6f7

Colors that go with near black

Complementary#373933 Analogous#333439 Analogous#383339 Triadic#393533 Triadic#333935 Split complementary#393833 Split complementary#343933

Near black in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 7, 11, 0, 78.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #353339 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 11 0 78

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 14 4 84

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Near black in css

Copy #353339 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #353339; }
.text { color: #353339; }
.border { border: 2px solid #353339; }

How near black looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Near black and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #353339 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #353339 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Near black on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #353339 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around near black? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn near black into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #353339 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from near black, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #353339 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.