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#4E7485

Slate Gray · medium cool teal

About #4E7485

With the hex code #4E7485, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 45% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Slate Gray — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #855F4E, a coffee shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.05:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.05:1).

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Red78
Green116
Blue133

Closest named colours

Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 9.4
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 17.5
Cerulean
#007BA7 · ΔE 18.3

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

Text on #4E7485

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E7485.
5.05:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on slate gray #4E7485.
4.16:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E7485 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E7485
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6B7286
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#636C85
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#397979

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E7485?

With the hex code #4E7485, this is a medium teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 45% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E7485?

Use white text. White on #4E7485 has a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E7485?

Its complementary colour is #855F4E, and analogous partners are #4E857A and #4E5985.