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#54583D

Umber · dark warm green

About #54583D

#54583D is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 35% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 14.1); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #413D58 — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #54583D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.39:1).

Colour codes

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Red84
Green88
Blue61

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.1
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 16.1
Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 18.0

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

Text on #54583D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #54583D.
7.39:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #54583D.
2.84:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #54583D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#54583D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5C553B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5C563E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#575551

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #54583D?

#54583D is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 35% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #54583D?

Use white text. White on #54583D has a contrast ratio of 7.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #54583D?

Its complementary colour is #413D58, and analogous partners are #584F3D and #46583D.