#4E604E
Hunter Green · dark cool gray
About #4E604E
With the hex code #4E604E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 14.5 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #604E60, 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 6.76:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.76:1).
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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 #4E604E?
With the hex code #4E604E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E604E?
Use white text. White on #4E604E has a contrast ratio of 6.76:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E604E?
Its complementary colour is #604E60, and analogous partners are #57604E and #4E6057.