#2E464F
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #2E464F
With the hex code #2E464F, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 27% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Charcoal — a ΔE of 3.3 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4F372E, a walnut shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.98:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #2E464F?
With the hex code #2E464F, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 27% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #2E464F?
Use white text. White on #2E464F has a contrast ratio of 9.98:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2E464F?
Its complementary colour is #4F372E, and analogous partners are #2E4F48 and #2E354F.