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#375D56

Dark Teal · dark cool teal

About #375D56

With the hex code #375D56, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 36% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dark Teal — a ΔE of 10.7 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D373E, a eggplant 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 7.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.34:1).

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Red55
Green93
Blue86

Closest named colours

Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 10.7
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #375D56

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375D56.
7.34:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375D56.
2.86:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #375D56 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#375D56
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5A5956
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#535457
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2A5E5B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #375D56?

With the hex code #375D56, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 36% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #375D56?

Use white text. White on #375D56 has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #375D56?

Its complementary colour is #5D373E, and analogous partners are #375D43 and #37515D.