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#755C67

Eggplant · medium warm gray

About #755C67

With the hex code #755C67, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 12% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 11.9 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5C756A, a eucalyptus shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.03:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.03:1).

Colour codes

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Red117
Green92
Blue103

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 11.9
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.1
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #755C67

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #755C67.
6.03:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #755C67.
3.48:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #755C67 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#755C67
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5E6067
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#646466
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#795B60

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #755C67?

With the hex code #755C67, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 12% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #755C67?

Use white text. White on #755C67 has a contrast ratio of 6.03:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #755C67?

Its complementary colour is #5C756A, and analogous partners are #755C74 and #755D5C.