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#59614E

Umber · dark cool gray

About #59614E

With the hex code #59614E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 13.4 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #564E61, a eggplant 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 6.47:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.47:1).

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Red89
Green97
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 13.4
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.8
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 17.3

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

Text on #59614E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #59614E.
6.47:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #59614E.
3.24:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #59614E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#59614E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#635E4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#625E4F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5A5F5C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #59614E?

With the hex code #59614E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 38% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #59614E?

Use white text. White on #59614E has a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #59614E?

Its complementary colour is #564E61, and analogous partners are #61604E and #50614E.