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#4E6060

Charcoal · dark neutral

About #4E6060

With the hex code #4E6060, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 62% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 12.8 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #604E4E, a umber 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 6.63:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.63:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red78
Green96
Blue96

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.8
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 16.0
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #4E6060

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E6060.
6.63:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E6060.
3.17:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6060 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6060
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5E5E60
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5A5B60
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#496160

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6060?

With the hex code #4E6060, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 62% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6060?

Use white text. White on #4E6060 has a contrast ratio of 6.63:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6060?

Its complementary colour is #604E4E, and analogous partners are #4E6057 and #4E5760.