#425552
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #425552
#425552 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 33% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 67% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 10.7); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #554245 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #425552 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.92:1).
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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 #425552?
#425552 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 33% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 67% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #425552?
Use white text. White on #425552 has a contrast ratio of 7.92:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #425552?
Its complementary colour is #554245, and analogous partners are #425549 and #424E55.