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#67705D

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #67705D

#67705D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 44% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eucalyptus (ΔE 12.7); Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #665D70 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #67705D for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.18:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.18:1).

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Red103
Green112
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.7
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 14.1
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #67705D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #67705D.
5.18:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #67705D.
4.05:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #67705D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#67705D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726D5C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#716D5E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#686E6B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #67705D?

#67705D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 44% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #67705D?

Use white text. White on #67705D has a contrast ratio of 5.18:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #67705D?

Its complementary colour is #665D70, and analogous partners are #70705D and #5E705D.