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#334B4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #334B4E

With the hex code #334B4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 29% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 4% 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 6.2 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E3633, a walnut shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.30:1).

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Red51
Green75
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 6.2
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.6
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 11.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #334B4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #334B4E.
9.30:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #334B4E.
2.26:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #334B4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#334B4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#47494E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#43454E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#294D4C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #334B4E?

With the hex code #334B4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 29% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #334B4E?

Use white text. White on #334B4E has a contrast ratio of 9.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #334B4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3633, and analogous partners are #334E43 and #333E4E.