#4B5B4E
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4B5B4E
#4B5B4E is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 29% red, 36% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Umber and Charcoal (ΔE 15.2), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #5B4B58 (eggplant), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.23:1).
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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 #4B5B4E?
#4B5B4E is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 29% red, 36% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4B5B4E?
Use white text. White on #4B5B4E has a contrast ratio of 7.23:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4B5B4E?
Its complementary colour is #5B4B58, and analogous partners are #505B4B and #4B5B56.