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#39484E

Charcoal · dark neutral

About #39484E

With the hex code #39484E, this is a dark teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 28% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 27% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Charcoal — a ΔE of 2.9 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E3F39, a umber 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 9.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.50:1).

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Red57
Green72
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 2.9
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 8.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #39484E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #39484E.
9.50:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #39484E.
2.21:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #39484E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#39484E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#45474E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#41444E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#334A4A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #39484E?

With the hex code #39484E, this is a dark teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 28% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 27% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #39484E?

Use white text. White on #39484E has a contrast ratio of 9.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #39484E?

Its complementary colour is #4E3F39, and analogous partners are #394E49 and #393E4E.