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#574E4E

Umber · dark neutral

About #574E4E

With the hex code #574E4E, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 34% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 10% yellow and 66% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Umber — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E5757, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.06:1).

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Red87
Green78
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 7.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.2
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #574E4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #574E4E.
8.06:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #574E4E.
2.61:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #574E4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#574E4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4F4F4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#51514E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#594D4E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #574E4E?

With the hex code #574E4E, this is a dark gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 34% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 10% yellow and 66% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #574E4E?

Use white text. White on #574E4E has a contrast ratio of 8.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #574E4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E5757, and analogous partners are #574E52 and #57524E.