#4B4E5C
Charcoal · dark cool gray
About #4B4E5C
#4B4E5C is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 31% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.4); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5C594B — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4B4E5C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.26:1).
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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 #4B4E5C?
#4B4E5C is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 31% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4B4E5C?
Use white text. White on #4B4E5C has a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4B4E5C?
Its complementary colour is #5C594B, and analogous partners are #4B575C and #504B5C.