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#415D5D

Charcoal · dark cool teal

About #415D5D

#415D5D is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 36% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 12.3); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5D4141 — a walnut tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #415D5D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.12:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green93
Blue93

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.3
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 13.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #415D5D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #415D5D.
7.12:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #415D5D.
2.95:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #415D5D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#415D5D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#595A5D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#54565D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#375F5D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #415D5D?

#415D5D is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 36% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #415D5D?

Use white text. White on #415D5D has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #415D5D?

Its complementary colour is #5D4141, and analogous partners are #415D4F and #414F5D.