#2F474F
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #2F474F
#2F474F is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 28% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 3.6); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4F372F — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #2F474F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.84:1).
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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 #2F474F?
#2F474F is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 28% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #2F474F?
Use white text. White on #2F474F has a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2F474F?
Its complementary colour is #4F372F, and analogous partners are #2F4F47 and #2F374F.