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#715E4E

Umber · medium warm brown

About #715E4E

With the hex code #715E4E, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 44% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 31% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Umber — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Coffee. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6171, a charcoal shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 6.15:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.15:1).

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Red113
Green94
Blue78

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 6.4
Coffee
#6F4E37 · ΔE 10.5
Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #715E4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #715E4E.
6.15:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #715E4E.
3.41:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #715E4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#715E4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#645F4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#68634E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#775A5A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #715E4E?

With the hex code #715E4E, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 44% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 31% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #715E4E?

Use white text. White on #715E4E has a contrast ratio of 6.15:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #715E4E?

Its complementary colour is #4E6171, and analogous partners are #714E50 and #71704E.