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#69613D

Coffee · medium warm brown

About #69613D

#69613D is a muted, medium shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 41% red, 38% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 42% yellow and 59% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Coffee (ΔE 14.6); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3D4569 — a prussian blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #69613D for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.22:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.22:1).

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Red105
Green97
Blue61

Closest named colours

Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 14.6
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.3
Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 18.8

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

Text on #69613D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on coffee #69613D.
6.22:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on coffee #69613D.
3.38:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #69613D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#69613D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#685F3A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6A623E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6F5C58

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #69613D?

#69613D is a muted, medium shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 41% red, 38% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 42% yellow and 59% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #69613D?

Use white text. White on #69613D has a contrast ratio of 6.22:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #69613D?

Its complementary colour is #3D4569, and analogous partners are #694B3D and #5B693D.