#3A4E4F
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #3A4E4F
#3A4E4F is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.2); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4F3B3A — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #3A4E4F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.81:1).
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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 #3A4E4F?
#3A4E4F is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #3A4E4F?
Use white text. White on #3A4E4F has a contrast ratio of 8.81:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #3A4E4F?
Its complementary colour is #4F3B3A, and analogous partners are #3A4F46 and #3A434F.