#4E525F
Charcoal · dark cool gray
About #4E525F
With the hex code #4E525F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 32% green and 37% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 8.1 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5F5B4E, a umber 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 — 7.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.79:1).
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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 #4E525F?
With the hex code #4E525F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 32% green and 37% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E525F?
Use white text. White on #4E525F has a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E525F?
Its complementary colour is #5F5B4E, and analogous partners are #4E5B5F and #534E5F.