#4D5E4E
Hunter Green · dark cool gray
About #4D5E4E
With the hex code #4D5E4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 30% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Hunter Green and Umber — a ΔE of 15.5 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5E4D5D, a eggplant shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.94:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.94:1).
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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 #4D5E4E?
With the hex code #4D5E4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 30% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4D5E4E?
Use white text. White on #4D5E4E has a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4D5E4E?
Its complementary colour is #5E4D5D, and analogous partners are #555E4D and #4D5E57.