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#635A4E

Umber · dark warm gray

About #635A4E

With the hex code #635A4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 39% red, 35% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 21% yellow and 61% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Umber — a ΔE of 5.2 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E5763, 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 6.77:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.77:1).

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Red99
Green90
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 5.2
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 13.4
Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #635A4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #635A4E.
6.77:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #635A4E.
3.10:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #635A4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#635A4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5E5A4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#605C4E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#675857

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #635A4E?

With the hex code #635A4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 39% red, 35% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 21% yellow and 61% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #635A4E?

Use white text. White on #635A4E has a contrast ratio of 6.77:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #635A4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E5763, and analogous partners are #63504E and #62634E.