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#4E6D55

Eucalyptus · medium cool green

About #4E6D55

#4E6D55 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 43% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eucalyptus (ΔE 10.8); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6D4E66 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #4E6D55 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.77:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.77:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green109
Blue85

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 10.8
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 10.9
Bottle Green
#006A4E · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #4E6D55

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6D55.
5.77:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6D55.
3.64:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6D55 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6D55
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6D6854
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#686456
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A6C66

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6D55?

#4E6D55 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 43% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6D55?

Use white text. White on #4E6D55 has a contrast ratio of 5.77:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6D55?

Its complementary colour is #6D4E66, and analogous partners are #576D4E and #4E6D64.