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#525945

Umber · dark cool green

About #525945

With the hex code #525945, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 35% green and 27% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 12.8 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4C4559, a charcoal 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 — 7.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.31:1).

Colour codes

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Red82
Green89
Blue69

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.8
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 16.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 18.3

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

Text on #525945

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #525945.
7.31:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #525945.
2.87:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #525945 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#525945
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5B5644
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5A5646
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#545753

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #525945?

With the hex code #525945, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 35% green and 27% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #525945?

Use white text. White on #525945 has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #525945?

Its complementary colour is #4C4559, and analogous partners are #595645 and #485945.