#475545
Umber · dark cool gray
About #475545
With the hex code #475545, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 28% red, 33% green and 27% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 14.9 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #534555, a eggplant shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.91:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #475545?
With the hex code #475545, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 28% red, 33% green and 27% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #475545?
Use white text. White on #475545 has a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #475545?
Its complementary colour is #534555, and analogous partners are #4F5545 and #45554B.