#334C4E
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #334C4E
#334C4E is a dark, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 20% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.1), with Dark Teal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E3533 (walnut), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.19:1).
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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 #334C4E?
#334C4E is a dark, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 20% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #334C4E?
Use white text. White on #334C4E has a contrast ratio of 9.19:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #334C4E?
Its complementary colour is #4E3533, and analogous partners are #334E43 and #333E4E.