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#60554F

Umber · dark neutral

About #60554F

#60554F is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 33% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Umber (ΔE 4.4); Walnut comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4F5A60 — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #60554F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.22:1).

Colour codes

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Red96
Green85
Blue79

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 4.4
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 12.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #60554F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #60554F.
7.22:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #60554F.
2.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #60554F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#60554F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#58564F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5A584F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#635353

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #60554F?

#60554F is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 33% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 18% yellow and 62% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #60554F?

Use white text. White on #60554F has a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #60554F?

Its complementary colour is #4F5A60, and analogous partners are #604F52 and #605D4F.