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#607263

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #607263

With the hex code #607263, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 45% green and 39% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 55% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 9.5 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #72606F, 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 — 5.14:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.14:1).

Colour codes

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Red96
Green114
Blue99

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 9.5
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 13.8
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 17.9

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

Text on #607263

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #607263.
5.14:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #607263.
4.08:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #607263 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#607263
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726F62
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6F6D64
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5E716E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #607263?

With the hex code #607263, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 45% green and 39% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 55% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #607263?

Use white text. White on #607263 has a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #607263?

Its complementary colour is #72606F, and analogous partners are #667260 and #60726C.