#424D4E
Charcoal · dark neutral
About #424D4E
#424D4E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 30% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 6.9); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E4342 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #424D4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.74:1).
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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 #424D4E?
#424D4E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 30% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #424D4E?
Use white text. White on #424D4E has a contrast ratio of 8.74:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #424D4E?
Its complementary colour is #4E4342, and analogous partners are #424E49 and #42474E.