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#4E6D77

Slate Gray · medium cool teal

About #4E6D77

With the hex code #4E6D77, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 43% green and 47% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Slate Gray — a ΔE of 10.9 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #77584E, 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 — 5.56:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.56:1).

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Red78
Green109
Blue119

Closest named colours

Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 10.9
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.7
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #4E6D77

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E6D77.
5.56:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E6D77.
3.78:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6D77 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6D77
Protanopia (no red cones)
#676B78
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#606677
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#407170

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6D77?

With the hex code #4E6D77, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 43% green and 47% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6D77?

Use white text. White on #4E6D77 has a contrast ratio of 5.56:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6D77?

Its complementary colour is #77584E, and analogous partners are #4E776D and #4E5977.