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#354B4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #354B4E

#354B4E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 29% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 5.9); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E3835 — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #354B4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.26:1).

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Red53
Green75
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 5.9
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #354B4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354B4E.
9.26:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354B4E.
2.27:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #354B4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#354B4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#47494E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#43464E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2C4D4C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #354B4E?

#354B4E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 29% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #354B4E?

Use white text. White on #354B4E has a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #354B4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3835, and analogous partners are #354E45 and #353E4E.