#4E6069
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #4E6069
With the hex code #4E6069, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 11.3 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #69574E, a umber shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.56:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.56:1).
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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 #4E6069?
With the hex code #4E6069, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E6069?
Use white text. White on #4E6069 has a contrast ratio of 6.56:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E6069?
Its complementary colour is #69574E, and analogous partners are #4E6965 and #4E5269.