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#4E775B

Eucalyptus · medium cool green

About #4E775B

With the hex code #4E775B, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 47% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 9.7 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #774E6A, 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 — 5.10:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.10:1).

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Red78
Green119
Blue91

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 9.7
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.5
Bottle Green
#006A4E · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #4E775B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E775B.
5.10:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #4E775B.
4.11:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E775B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E775B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#777159
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#706C5D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#47766F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E775B?

With the hex code #4E775B, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 47% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 53% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E775B?

Use white text. White on #4E775B has a contrast ratio of 5.10:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E775B?

Its complementary colour is #774E6A, and analogous partners are #56774E and #4E776F.