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#3D6466

Dark Teal · dark cool teal

About #3D6466

#3D6466 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 39% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 40% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Teal (ΔE 12.5); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #663F3D — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #3D6466 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.54:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.54:1).

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Red61
Green100
Blue102

Closest named colours

Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 12.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.2
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #3D6466

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #3D6466.
6.54:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark teal #3D6466.
3.21:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #3D6466 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3D6466
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5F6166
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#585B66
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2C6764

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3D6466?

#3D6466 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 39% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 40% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #3D6466?

Use white text. White on #3D6466 has a contrast ratio of 6.54:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #3D6466?

Its complementary colour is #663F3D, and analogous partners are #3D6654 and #3D4F66.