#445B59
Charcoal · dark cool teal
About #445B59
#445B59 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 36% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 12.0); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5B4446 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #445B59 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.28:1).
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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 #445B59?
#445B59 is a muted, dark shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 36% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #445B59?
Use white text. White on #445B59 has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #445B59?
Its complementary colour is #5B4446, and analogous partners are #445B4E and #44525B.