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#7B755D

Mocha · medium warm brown

About #7B755D

With the hex code #7B755D, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 48% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 24% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mocha — a ΔE of 11.5 — followed by Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D637B, a slate gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 4.62:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.62:1).

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Red123
Green117
Blue93

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 11.5
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 14.9
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #7B755D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #7B755D.
4.62:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #7B755D.
4.54:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #7B755D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7B755D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7A745C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7C765E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#80716E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7B755D?

With the hex code #7B755D, this is a medium brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 48% red, 46% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 24% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7B755D?

Use white text. White on #7B755D has a contrast ratio of 4.62:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #7B755D?

Its complementary colour is #5D637B, and analogous partners are #7B665D and #727B5D.