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#68705D

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #68705D

With the hex code #68705D, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 41% red, 44% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 13.0 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #655D70, 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 — 5.17:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.17:1).

Colour codes

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Red104
Green112
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 13.0
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 13.9
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #68705D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #68705D.
5.17:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #68705D.
4.06:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #68705D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#68705D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726D5C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#716D5E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#696E6B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #68705D?

With the hex code #68705D, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 41% red, 44% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #68705D?

Use white text. White on #68705D has a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #68705D?

Its complementary colour is #655D70, and analogous partners are #706F5D and #5F705D.