#44574C
Charcoal · dark cool green
About #44574C
With the hex code #44574C, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 34% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Charcoal and Dark Teal — a ΔE of 15.2 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #57444F, a eggplant 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 7.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.74:1).
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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 #44574C?
With the hex code #44574C, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 34% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 66% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #44574C?
Use white text. White on #44574C has a contrast ratio of 7.74:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #44574C?
Its complementary colour is #57444F, and analogous partners are #465744 and #445756.