#5C4E57
Eggplant · dark warm gray
About #5C4E57
#5C4E57 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 31% green and 34% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 5% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 10.3); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E5C53 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #5C4E57 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.83:1).
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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 #5C4E57?
#5C4E57 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 31% green and 34% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 5% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #5C4E57?
Use white text. White on #5C4E57 has a contrast ratio of 7.83:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5C4E57?
Its complementary colour is #4E5C53, and analogous partners are #5A4E5C and #5C4E50.