#4E5F52
Eucalyptus · dark cool gray
About #4E5F52
With the hex code #4E5F52, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 37% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eucalyptus and Umber — a ΔE of 15.7 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5F4E5B, a eggplant shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.81:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.81:1).
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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 #4E5F52?
With the hex code #4E5F52, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 37% green and 32% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5F52?
Use white text. White on #4E5F52 has a contrast ratio of 6.81:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5F52?
Its complementary colour is #5F4E5B, and analogous partners are #535F4E and #4E5F5B.