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#385752

Dark Teal · dark cool teal

About #385752

With the hex code #385752, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 34% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dark Teal — a ΔE of 10.6 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #57383D, 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 7.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.91:1).

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Red56
Green87
Blue82

Closest named colours

Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 10.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #385752

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #385752.
7.91:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #385752.
2.65:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #385752 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#385752
Protanopia (no red cones)
#545452
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4F4F52
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2E5855

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #385752?

With the hex code #385752, this is a dark teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 34% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #385752?

Use white text. White on #385752 has a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #385752?

Its complementary colour is #57383D, and analogous partners are #385743 and #384C57.