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#5C5A67

Charcoal · dark cool gray

About #5C5A67

With the hex code #5C5A67, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 35% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 12.6 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #65675A, a umber shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.75:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.75:1).

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Red92
Green90
Blue103

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.6
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 15.5
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #5C5A67

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #5C5A67.
6.75:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #5C5A67.
3.11:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #5C5A67 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5C5A67
Protanopia (no red cones)
#575C68
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#575B67
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5A5C5E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5C5A67?

With the hex code #5C5A67, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 35% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #5C5A67?

Use white text. White on #5C5A67 has a contrast ratio of 6.75:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #5C5A67?

Its complementary colour is #65675A, and analogous partners are #5A5F67 and #625A67.