#52604F
Umber · dark cool gray
About #52604F
#52604F is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 32% red, 38% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Umber and Eucalyptus (ΔE 15.2); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5D4F60 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #52604F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.68:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.68:1).
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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 #52604F?
#52604F is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 32% red, 38% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #52604F?
Use white text. White on #52604F has a contrast ratio of 6.68:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #52604F?
Its complementary colour is #5D4F60, and analogous partners are #5B604F and #4F6054.