#4E4C6A
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #4E4C6A
#4E4C6A is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 30% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 58% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Charcoal and Eggplant (ΔE 15.5); Eggplant comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #686A4C — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E4C6A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.18:1).
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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 #4E4C6A?
#4E4C6A is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 30% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 58% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E4C6A?
Use white text. White on #4E4C6A has a contrast ratio of 8.18:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E4C6A?
Its complementary colour is #686A4C, and analogous partners are #4C596A and #5D4C6A.