#4A6769
Slate Gray · medium cool teal
About #4A6769
With the hex code #4A6769, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 40% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 30% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Slate Gray and Charcoal — a ΔE of 15.1 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #694C4A, a umber shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.11:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.11:1).
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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 #4A6769?
With the hex code #4A6769, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 40% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 30% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4A6769?
Use white text. White on #4A6769 has a contrast ratio of 6.11:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4A6769?
Its complementary colour is #694C4A, and analogous partners are #4A695B and #4A5869.