Gunmetal color
Gunmetal is a very dark gray with a blue cast, the color of old gun barrels. Its hex code is #2C3539.
- Hex
- #2C3539
- RGB
- 44, 53, 57
- OKLCH
- 32.2% 0.014 226.5
- Value
- 2 of 10
- Family
- Neutral
Is gunmetal warm or cool?
Close to neutral: it has so little color that it reads as neither, though it leans a little cool. It is a very dark color, value 2 of 10. More in warm and cool colors.
Gunmetal tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with gunmetal itself.
Tints
#2C3539#51595C#797F82#A4A8AA#D0D3D4
Tones
#2C3539#2E3538#2F3437#303436#323434
Shades
#2C3539#1F2629#13181A#080B0D#020303
The opposite of gunmetal
Opposite gunmetal on the color wheel sits chocolate brown, #583A2A. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Gunmetal
Chocolate Brown
Colors that go with gunmetal
With its opposite
#2C3539 · #C5C8C9 · #4E3E37 · #583A2A · #130A06
With its neighbors
#2B3636 · #2C3539 · #2F343B · #BABDBF · #080B0D
One color, light to dark
#DCDEDE · #303436 · #2C3539 · #0E1213 · #020303
Gunmetal in paintings
The nearest colors to gunmetal in our painting palettes.
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