ColorXprez

#3D4A4E

Charcoal · dark neutral

About #3D4A4E

With the hex code #3D4A4E, this is a dark teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 24% red, 29% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 5% 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 very close to Charcoal — a ΔE of 4.5 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E413D, 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 9.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.18:1).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red61
Green74
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 4.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.1
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #3D4A4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #3D4A4E.
9.18:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #3D4A4E.
2.29:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3D4A4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3D4A4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#47494E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#45474E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#384C4B

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3D4A4E?

With the hex code #3D4A4E, this is a dark teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 24% red, 29% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 5% 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 #3D4A4E?

Use white text. White on #3D4A4E has a contrast ratio of 9.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3D4A4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E413D, and analogous partners are #3D4E4A and #3D424E.