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#373B4E

Charcoal · dark cool blue

About #373B4E

With the hex code #373B4E, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 23% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 24% 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 8.4 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E4A37, a umber 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 11.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.06:1).

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Red55
Green59
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 8.4
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 10.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #373B4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #373B4E.
11.06:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #373B4E.
1.90:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #373B4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#373B4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#363D4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#343B4E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#313F41

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #373B4E?

With the hex code #373B4E, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 23% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #373B4E?

Use white text. White on #373B4E has a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #373B4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E4A37, and analogous partners are #37464E and #3F374E.