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#4E576D

Charcoal · dark cool blue

About #4E576D

#4E576D is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 34% green and 43% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 28% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 11.6), with Slate Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #6D644E (umber), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.22:1).

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Red78
Green87
Blue109

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 11.6
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 16.7
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 18.8

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

Text on #4E576D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E576D.
7.22:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E576D.
2.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E576D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E576D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#50596E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4D566C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#465B5E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E576D?

#4E576D is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 34% green and 43% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 28% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E576D?

Use white text. White on #4E576D has a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E576D?

Its complementary colour is #6D644E, and analogous partners are #4E666D and #554E6D.