#4E6053
Eucalyptus · dark cool gray
About #4E6053
#4E6053 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 38% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Eucalyptus and Umber (ΔE 15.3); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #604E5B — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E6053 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.73:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.73:1).
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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 #4E6053?
#4E6053 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 38% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E6053?
Use white text. White on #4E6053 has a contrast ratio of 6.73:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E6053?
Its complementary colour is #604E5B, and analogous partners are #52604E and #4E605C.