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#604E4E

Umber · dark warm gray

About #604E4E

With the hex code #604E4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Umber — a ΔE of 6.2 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6060, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.79:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.79:1).

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Red96
Green78
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 6.2
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 11.5
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #604E4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #604E4E.
7.79:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #604E4E.
2.70:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #604E4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#604E4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#51504E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#55544E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#644C4E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #604E4E?

With the hex code #604E4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #604E4E?

Use white text. White on #604E4E has a contrast ratio of 7.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #604E4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E6060, and analogous partners are #604E57 and #60574E.