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#4E5E4B

Hunter Green · dark cool gray

About #4E5E4B

#4E5E4B is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 14.4), with Umber the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #5B4B5E (eggplant), 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 — 6.94:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.94:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green94
Blue75

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 14.4
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.2
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #4E5E4B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E5E4B.
6.94:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E5E4B.
3.03:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E5E4B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E5E4B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5F5B4A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D594C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D5D59

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E5E4B?

#4E5E4B is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E5E4B?

Use white text. White on #4E5E4B has a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E5E4B?

Its complementary colour is #5B4B5E, and analogous partners are #585E4B and #4B5E52.