#39504E
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #39504E
#39504E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 9.5); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #50393B — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #39504E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.64:1).
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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 #39504E?
#39504E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #39504E?
Use white text. White on #39504E has a contrast ratio of 8.64:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #39504E?
Its complementary colour is #50393B, and analogous partners are #395043 and #394650.