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#413C4E

Charcoal · dark cool purple

About #413C4E

#413C4E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 10.1); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #494E3C — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #413C4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.60:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green60
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 10.1
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 12.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #413C4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413C4E.
10.60:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413C4E.
1.98:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #413C4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#413C4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383F4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#393E4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3F3F42

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #413C4E?

#413C4E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #413C4E?

Use white text. White on #413C4E has a contrast ratio of 10.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #413C4E?

Its complementary colour is #494E3C, and analogous partners are #3C404E and #4A3C4E.