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#375458

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #375458

#375458 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 33% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 37% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 8.6); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #583B37 — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #375458 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.17:1).

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Red55
Green84
Blue88

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 8.6
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 11.2
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #375458

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #375458.
8.17:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #375458.
2.57:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #375458 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#375458
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4F5258
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4A4D58
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2B5655

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #375458?

#375458 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 33% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 37% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #375458?

Use white text. White on #375458 has a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #375458?

Its complementary colour is #583B37, and analogous partners are #37584C and #374458.