#545571
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #545571
With the hex code #545571, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 33% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Charcoal and Eggplant — a ΔE of 15.3 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #717054, a mocha 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 — 7.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.20:1).
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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 #545571?
With the hex code #545571, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 33% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #545571?
Use white text. White on #545571 has a contrast ratio of 7.20:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #545571?
Its complementary colour is #717054, and analogous partners are #546471 and #625471.