#4E5777
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #4E5777
#4E5777 is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 34% green and 47% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 34% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Charcoal and Slate Gray (ΔE 16.6); Slate Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #776E4E — a mocha tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5777 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.11:1).
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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 #4E5777?
#4E5777 is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 34% green and 47% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 34% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5777?
Use white text. White on #4E5777 has a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E5777?
Its complementary colour is #776E4E, and analogous partners are #4E6B77 and #5A4E77.