#495B4E
Umber · dark cool gray
About #495B4E
#495B4E is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 36% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Umber and Hunter Green (ΔE 16.0); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5B4956 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #495B4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.27:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.27:1).
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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 #495B4E?
#495B4E is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 36% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #495B4E?
Use white text. White on #495B4E has a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #495B4E?
Its complementary colour is #5B4956, and analogous partners are #4D5B49 and #495B57.