#545C49
Umber · dark cool gray
About #545C49
With the hex code #545C49, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 36% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 13.0 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #51495C, 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 — 6.99:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.99:1).
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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 #545C49?
With the hex code #545C49, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 36% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #545C49?
Use white text. White on #545C49 has a contrast ratio of 6.99:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #545C49?
Its complementary colour is #51495C, and analogous partners are #5C5A49 and #4A5C49.