#41565E
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #41565E
#41565E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 34% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.3); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5E4941 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #41565E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.73:1).
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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 #41565E?
#41565E is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 34% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #41565E?
Use white text. White on #41565E has a contrast ratio of 7.73:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #41565E?
Its complementary colour is #5E4941, and analogous partners are #415E58 and #41475E.