#585A67
Charcoal · dark cool gray
About #585A67
#585A67 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 35% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 11.5); Slate Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #676558 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #585A67 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.83:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.83:1).
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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 #585A67?
#585A67 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 35% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #585A67?
Use white text. White on #585A67 has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #585A67?
Its complementary colour is #676558, and analogous partners are #586267 and #5E5867.