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#5D705F

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #5D705F

With the hex code #5D705F, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 44% green and 37% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 9.8 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #705D6E, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.32:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.32:1).

Colour codes

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Red93
Green112
Blue95

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 9.8
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.3
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #5D705F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #5D705F.
5.32:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #5D705F.
3.95:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #5D705F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5D705F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#716C5E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6D6A60
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5B6F6B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5D705F?

With the hex code #5D705F, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 44% green and 37% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #5D705F?

Use white text. White on #5D705F has a contrast ratio of 5.32:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #5D705F?

Its complementary colour is #705D6E, and analogous partners are #65705D and #5D7069.