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#354D4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #354D4E

#354D4E is a dark, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 21% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 32% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.6), with Dark Teal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E3635 (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 9.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.04:1).

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Red53
Green77
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 7.6
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 11.4
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #354D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354D4E.
9.04:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #354D4E.
2.32:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #354D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#354D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4A4B4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#45474E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2C4F4D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #354D4E?

#354D4E is a dark, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 21% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 32% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #354D4E?

Use white text. White on #354D4E has a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #354D4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3635, and analogous partners are #354E43 and #35404E.