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#334E4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #334E4E

With the hex code #334E4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 8.8 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E3333, a espresso 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 8.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.97:1).

Colour codes

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Red51
Green78
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 8.8
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 10.4
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #334E4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #334E4E.
8.97:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #334E4E.
2.34:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #334E4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#334E4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4B4B4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#45484E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#29504E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #334E4E?

With the hex code #334E4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #334E4E?

Use white text. White on #334E4E has a contrast ratio of 8.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #334E4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3333, and analogous partners are #334E41 and #33414E.