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#4E6B6D

Slate Gray · medium cool teal

About #4E6B6D

With the hex code #4E6B6D, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 42% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Slate Gray — a ΔE of 13.9 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6D504E, 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 — 5.76:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.76:1).

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Red78
Green107
Blue109

Closest named colours

Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 13.9
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 14.6
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #4E6B6D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E6B6D.
5.76:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E6B6D.
3.65:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6B6D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6B6D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#67686D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#61646D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#446D6B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6B6D?

With the hex code #4E6B6D, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 42% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6B6D?

Use white text. White on #4E6B6D has a contrast ratio of 5.76:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6B6D?

Its complementary colour is #6D504E, and analogous partners are #4E6D60 and #4E5C6D.