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#6C745D

Eucalyptus · medium cool gray

About #6C745D

#6C745D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 42% red, 45% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eucalyptus (ΔE 12.9); Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #655D74 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #6C745D for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 4.89:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.89:1).

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Red108
Green116
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.9
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 15.1
Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 17.3

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

Text on #6C745D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #6C745D.
4.89:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #6C745D.
4.29:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #6C745D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#6C745D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#77715C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#76715E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6E726E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #6C745D?

#6C745D is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 42% red, 45% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #6C745D?

Use white text. White on #6C745D has a contrast ratio of 4.89:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #6C745D?

Its complementary colour is #655D74, and analogous partners are #74715D and #61745D.