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#75666F

Gray · medium warm gray

About #75666F

With the hex code #75666F, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 40% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 5% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Gray — a ΔE of 12.0 — followed by Taupe. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #66756C, a gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.40:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.40:1).

Colour codes

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RGB
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HSV / HSB
CMYK
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Decimal
CSS
Red117
Green102
Blue111

Closest named colours

Gray
#808080 · ΔE 12.0
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 12.3
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #75666F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gray #75666F.
5.40:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on gray #75666F.
3.89:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #75666F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#75666F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#67696F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6A6B6F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#776669

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #75666F?

With the hex code #75666F, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 40% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 5% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #75666F?

Use white text. White on #75666F has a contrast ratio of 5.40:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #75666F?

Its complementary colour is #66756C, and analogous partners are #746675 and #756668.