#37535D
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #37535D
With the hex code #37535D, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 33% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Charcoal — a ΔE of 6.8 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D4137, a walnut shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.21:1).
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #37535D
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #37535D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #37535D?
With the hex code #37535D, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 33% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #37535D?
Use white text. White on #37535D has a contrast ratio of 8.21:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #37535D?
Its complementary colour is #5D4137, and analogous partners are #375D54 and #37405D.