#595463
Charcoal · dark cool gray
About #595463
#595463 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 33% green and 39% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 61% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 11.9); Eggplant comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5E6354 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #595463 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.31:1).
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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 #595463?
#595463 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 33% green and 39% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 61% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #595463?
Use white text. White on #595463 has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #595463?
Its complementary colour is #5E6354, and analogous partners are #545663 and #615463.