#385652
Dark Teal · dark cool teal
About #385652
#385652 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Teal (ΔE 10.6); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #56383C — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #385652 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.01:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #385652?
#385652 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #385652?
Use white text. White on #385652 has a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #385652?
Its complementary colour is #56383C, and analogous partners are #385643 and #384B56.