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#4E3933

Walnut · dark warm red

About #4E3933

With the hex code #4E3933, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 20% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Walnut — a ΔE of 6.9 — followed by Espresso. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #33484E, 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 — 10.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.73:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green57
Blue51

Closest named colours

Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 6.9
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 8.0
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #4E3933

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4E3933.
10.73:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4E3933.
1.96:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3933 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3933
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3E3B33
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#433F33
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#533637

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3933?

With the hex code #4E3933, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 20% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3933?

Use white text. White on #4E3933 has a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3933?

Its complementary colour is #33484E, and analogous partners are #4E333A and #4E4633.