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#354C4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #354C4E

With the hex code #354C4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 30% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 32% cyan, 3% 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 6.7 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E3735, 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 9.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.15:1).

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Red53
Green76
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 6.7
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 11.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #354C4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354C4E.
9.15:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354C4E.
2.30:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #354C4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#354C4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#494A4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#44474E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2C4E4D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #354C4E?

With the hex code #354C4E, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 30% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 32% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #354C4E?

Use white text. White on #354C4E has a contrast ratio of 9.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #354C4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3735, and analogous partners are #354E43 and #35404E.