ColorXprez

#4E6E5B

Eucalyptus · medium cool green

About #4E6E5B

With the hex code #4E6E5B, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 43% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 9.3 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6E4E61, 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 — 5.67:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.67:1).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red78
Green110
Blue91

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 9.3
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.4
Pine
#01796F · ΔE 17.8

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

Text on #4E6E5B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6E5B.
5.67:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E6E5B.
3.71:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6E5B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6E5B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6D695A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#68655C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#486E69

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6E5B?

With the hex code #4E6E5B, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 43% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6E5B?

Use white text. White on #4E6E5B has a contrast ratio of 5.67:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6E5B?

Its complementary colour is #6E4E61, and analogous partners are #516E4E and #4E6E6B.