#2E474A
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #2E474A
#2E474A is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 28% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 71% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 6.2); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4A312E — a espresso tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #2E474A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.92:1).
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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 #2E474A?
#2E474A is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 28% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 71% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #2E474A?
Use white text. White on #2E474A has a contrast ratio of 9.92:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2E474A?
Its complementary colour is #4A312E, and analogous partners are #2E4A3F and #2E394A.