#4E5B49
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4E5B49
#4E5B49 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 36% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 14.7); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #56495B — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5B49 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.20:1).
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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 #4E5B49?
#4E5B49 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 36% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5B49?
Use white text. White on #4E5B49 has a contrast ratio of 7.20:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E5B49?
Its complementary colour is #56495B, and analogous partners are #575B49 and #495B4D.