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#5C755D

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #5C755D

#5C755D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 46% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 54% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eucalyptus (ΔE 8.6); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #755C74 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #5C755D for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.05:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.05:1).

Colour codes

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Red92
Green117
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 8.6
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 14.6
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 18.9

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

Text on #5C755D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #5C755D.
5.05:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #5C755D.
4.16:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #5C755D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5C755D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#76705C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#726E5E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5A746E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5C755D?

#5C755D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 46% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 54% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #5C755D?

Use white text. White on #5C755D has a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #5C755D?

Its complementary colour is #755C74, and analogous partners are #68755C and #5C7569.