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#4E5751

Umber · dark neutral

About #4E5751

With the hex code #4E5751, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 34% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 66% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 12.4 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #574E54, 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 — 7.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.48:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green87
Blue81

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #4E5751

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E5751.
7.48:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E5751.
2.81:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E5751 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E5751
Protanopia (no red cones)
#575551
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#555451
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D5755

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E5751?

With the hex code #4E5751, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 34% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 66% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #4E5751?

Use white text. White on #4E5751 has a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E5751?

Its complementary colour is #574E54, and analogous partners are #50574E and #4E5756.