#3F474E
Charcoal · dark neutral
About #3F474E
#3F474E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 28% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 3.4); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E463F — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #3F474E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.45:1).
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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 #3F474E?
#3F474E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 28% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 9% 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 #3F474E?
Use white text. White on #3F474E has a contrast ratio of 9.45:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #3F474E?
Its complementary colour is #4E463F, and analogous partners are #3F4E4E and #3F404E.