#4E5F53
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4E5F53
#4E5F53 is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Umber and Eucalyptus (ΔE 15.7), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #5F4E5A (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 — 6.81:1, 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 #4E5F53?
#4E5F53 is a dark, muted gray colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5F53?
Use white text. White on #4E5F53 has a contrast ratio of 6.81:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5F53?
Its complementary colour is #5F4E5A, and analogous partners are #525F4E and #4E5F5C.