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#4E6369

Charcoal · medium cool teal

About #4E6369

With the hex code #4E6369, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 39% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 6% 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 12.7 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #69544E, a umber shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.34:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.34:1).

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Red78
Green99
Blue105

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.7
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 13.8
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #4E6369

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E6369.
6.34:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #4E6369.
3.31:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6369 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6369
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5F6269
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5A5E69
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#466565

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6369?

With the hex code #4E6369, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 39% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6369?

Use white text. White on #4E6369 has a contrast ratio of 6.34:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6369?

Its complementary colour is #69544E, and analogous partners are #4E6962 and #4E5569.