#54576B
Charcoal · dark cool blue
About #54576B
#54576B is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 34% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 58% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 12.0); Slate Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6B6854 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #54576B for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.11:1).
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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 #54576B?
#54576B is a muted, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 34% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 58% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #54576B?
Use white text. White on #54576B has a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #54576B?
Its complementary colour is #6B6854, and analogous partners are #54626B and #5C546B.