#545677
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #545677
#545677 is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 34% green and 47% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 29% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Charcoal and Eggplant (ΔE 17.9), with Eggplant the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #777554 (mocha), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.06:1).
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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 #545677?
#545677 is a dark, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 34% green and 47% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 29% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 53% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #545677?
Use white text. White on #545677 has a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #545677?
Its complementary colour is #777554, and analogous partners are #546877 and #635477.