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#375653

Dark Teal · dark cool teal

About #375653

#375653 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Teal (ΔE 10.2); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #56373A — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #375653 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.02:1).

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Red55
Green86
Blue83

Closest named colours

Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 10.2
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #375653

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375653.
8.02:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375653.
2.62:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #375653 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#375653
Protanopia (no red cones)
#535353
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4D4F53
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2C5755

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #375653?

#375653 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #375653?

Use white text. White on #375653 has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #375653?

Its complementary colour is #56373A, and analogous partners are #375644 and #374956.