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#413D58

Charcoal · dark cool blue

About #413D58

#413D58 is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 24% green and 35% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 14.0), with Eggplant the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #54583D (umber), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.33:1).

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Red65
Green61
Blue88

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.0
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 14.8
Prussian Blue
#003153 · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #413D58

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413D58.
10.33:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413D58.
2.03:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #413D58 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#413D58
Protanopia (no red cones)
#364159
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#364057
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3C4247

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #413D58?

#413D58 is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 24% green and 35% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #413D58?

Use white text. White on #413D58 has a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #413D58?

Its complementary colour is #54583D, and analogous partners are #3D4658 and #4F3D58.