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#4A5347

Umber · dark cool gray

About #4A5347

With the hex code #4A5347, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 33% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 12.4 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #504753, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.02:1).

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Red74
Green83
Blue71

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #4A5347

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4A5347.
8.02:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4A5347.
2.62:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4A5347 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4A5347
Protanopia (no red cones)
#545146
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#525048
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A5250

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4A5347?

With the hex code #4A5347, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 33% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4A5347?

Use white text. White on #4A5347 has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4A5347?

Its complementary colour is #504753, and analogous partners are #505347 and #47534A.