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#4E6957

Eucalyptus · medium cool green

About #4E6957

With the hex code #4E6957, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 41% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 11.2 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #694E60, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best 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).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green105
Blue87

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 11.2
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.6
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #4E6957

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6957.
6.03:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6957.
3.48:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6957 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6957
Protanopia (no red cones)
#696556
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#646258
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A6864

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6957?

With the hex code #4E6957, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 41% green and 34% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6957?

Use white text. White on #4E6957 has a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6957?

Its complementary colour is #694E60, and analogous partners are #53694E and #4E6965.