#424656
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #424656
With the hex code #424656, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 27% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Charcoal — a ΔE of 6.2 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #565242, a umber shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.37:1).
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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 #424656?
With the hex code #424656, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 27% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #424656?
Use white text. White on #424656 has a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #424656?
Its complementary colour is #565242, and analogous partners are #425056 and #484256.