#474B60
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #474B60
#474B60 is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 29% green and 38% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 9.3); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #605C47 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #474B60 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.60:1).
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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 #474B60?
#474B60 is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 29% green and 38% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #474B60?
Use white text. White on #474B60 has a contrast ratio of 8.60:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #474B60?
Its complementary colour is #605C47, and analogous partners are #475760 and #4F4760.