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#586B60

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #586B60

With the hex code #586B60, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 42% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 11.6 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6B5863, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.70:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.70:1).

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Red88
Green107
Blue96

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 11.6
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 14.5
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 17.7

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

Text on #586B60

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #586B60.
5.70:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #586B60.
3.69:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #586B60 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#586B60
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6B685F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#676661
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#556B68

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #586B60?

With the hex code #586B60, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 42% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #586B60?

Use white text. White on #586B60 has a contrast ratio of 5.70:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #586B60?

Its complementary colour is #6B5863, and analogous partners are #596B58 and #586B6A.