#4E5D53
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4E5D53
#4E5D53 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 36% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 14.8); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5D4E58 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5D53 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.97:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.97:1).
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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 #4E5D53?
#4E5D53 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 36% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5D53?
Use white text. White on #4E5D53 has a contrast ratio of 6.97:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5D53?
Its complementary colour is #5D4E58, and analogous partners are #515D4E and #4E5D5B.