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#4E3735

Walnut · dark warm red

About #4E3735

With the hex code #4E3735, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Walnut — a ΔE of 8.6 — followed by Espresso. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #354C4E, 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 — 10.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.93:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green55
Blue53

Closest named colours

Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 8.6
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 8.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #4E3735

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4E3735.
10.93:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4E3735.
1.92:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3735 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3735
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C3A35
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#413E35
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#533437

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3735?

With the hex code #4E3735, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 21% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 32% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3735?

Use white text. White on #4E3735 has a contrast ratio of 10.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3735?

Its complementary colour is #354C4E, and analogous partners are #4E3540 and #4E4435.