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#53604F

Umber · dark cool gray

About #53604F

With the hex code #53604F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 14.8 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5C4F60, 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 — 6.66:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.66:1).

Colour codes

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Red83
Green96
Blue79

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.8
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.0
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #53604F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #53604F.
6.66:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #53604F.
3.15:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #53604F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#53604F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#615D4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5F5C50
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#535F5B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #53604F?

With the hex code #53604F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #53604F?

Use white text. White on #53604F has a contrast ratio of 6.66:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #53604F?

Its complementary colour is #5C4F60, and analogous partners are #5C604F and #4F6054.