#525969
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #525969
With the hex code #525969, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 35% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 10.6 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #696252, a umber 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 — 7.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.02:1).
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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 #525969?
With the hex code #525969, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 35% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #525969?
Use white text. White on #525969 has a contrast ratio of 7.02:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #525969?
Its complementary colour is #696252, and analogous partners are #526569 and #575269.