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#4E676D

Slate Gray · medium cool teal

About #4E676D

#4E676D is a muted, medium shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 40% green and 43% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Slate Gray (ΔE 13.0); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6D544E — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #4E676D for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.03:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.03:1).

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Red78
Green103
Blue109

Closest named colours

Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 13.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.3
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.4

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

Text on #4E676D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E676D.
6.03:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E676D.
3.48:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E676D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E676D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#62656D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D616D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#446A69

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E676D?

#4E676D is a muted, medium shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 40% green and 43% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E676D?

Use white text. White on #4E676D has a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E676D?

Its complementary colour is #6D544E, and analogous partners are #4E6D64 and #4E586D.