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#4E6054

Eucalyptus · dark cool gray

About #4E6054

With the hex code #4E6054, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eucalyptus and Umber — a ΔE of 15.3 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #604E5A, 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 6.72:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.72:1).

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Red78
Green96
Blue84

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.3
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.1
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #4E6054

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6054.
6.72:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6054.
3.13:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6054 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6054
Protanopia (no red cones)
#605D53
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D5B55
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4B605C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6054?

With the hex code #4E6054, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6054?

Use white text. White on #4E6054 has a contrast ratio of 6.72:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6054?

Its complementary colour is #604E5A, and analogous partners are #51604E and #4E605D.