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#677264

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #677264

#677264 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 45% green and 39% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eucalyptus (ΔE 11.5); Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6F6472 — a gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #677264 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.04:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.04:1).

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Red103
Green114
Blue100

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 11.5
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 11.7
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #677264

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #677264.
5.04:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #677264.
4.17:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #677264 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#677264
Protanopia (no red cones)
#736F63
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#716E65
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#67716E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #677264?

#677264 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 45% green and 39% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #677264?

Use white text. White on #677264 has a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #677264?

Its complementary colour is #6F6472, and analogous partners are #6E7264 and #647268.