#5E554E
Umber · dark neutral
About #5E554E
#5E554E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 37% red, 33% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 17% yellow and 63% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Umber (ΔE 4.8); Walnut comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E575E — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #5E554E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.28:1).
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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 #5E554E?
#5E554E is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 37% red, 33% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 17% yellow and 63% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #5E554E?
Use white text. White on #5E554E has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5E554E?
Its complementary colour is #4E575E, and analogous partners are #5E4E4F and #5E5D4E.