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#375D58

Dark Teal · dark cool teal

About #375D58

#375D58 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 36% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Teal (ΔE 10.4); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5D373C — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #375D58 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.32:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.32:1).

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Red55
Green93
Blue88

Closest named colours

Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 10.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.7
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #375D58

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375D58.
7.32:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #375D58.
2.87:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #375D58 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#375D58
Protanopia (no red cones)
#595958
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#535459
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#295F5B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #375D58?

#375D58 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 36% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #375D58?

Use white text. White on #375D58 has a contrast ratio of 7.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #375D58?

Its complementary colour is #5D373C, and analogous partners are #375D45 and #374F5D.