#4E5A50
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4E5A50
#4E5A50 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 35% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 13.5); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5A4E58 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5A50 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.24:1).
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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 #4E5A50?
#4E5A50 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 35% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5A50?
Use white text. White on #4E5A50 has a contrast ratio of 7.24:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E5A50?
Its complementary colour is #5A4E58, and analogous partners are #525A4E and #4E5A56.