#355145
Dark Teal · dark cool green
About #355145
#355145 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 32% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 68% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Teal (ΔE 12.3); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #513541 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #355145 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.70:1).
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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 #355145?
#355145 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 21% red, 32% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 68% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #355145?
Use white text. White on #355145 has a contrast ratio of 8.70:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #355145?
Its complementary colour is #513541, and analogous partners are #355137 and #354F51.