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#374F4E

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #374F4E

#374F4E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 8.9); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4F3738 — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #374F4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.78:1).

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Red55
Green79
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 8.9
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 11.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #374F4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #374F4E.
8.78:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #374F4E.
2.39:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #374F4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#374F4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4C4D4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#48494E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2F504F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #374F4E?

#374F4E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #374F4E?

Use white text. White on #374F4E has a contrast ratio of 8.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #374F4E?

Its complementary colour is #4F3738, and analogous partners are #374F42 and #37444F.