#393E4E
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #393E4E
#393E4E is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 6.2); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E4939 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #393E4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.64:1).
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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 #393E4E?
#393E4E is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #393E4E?
Use white text. White on #393E4E has a contrast ratio of 10.64:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #393E4E?
Its complementary colour is #4E4939, and analogous partners are #39484E and #3F394E.