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#7D6463

Umber · medium warm gray

About #7D6463

With the hex code #7D6463, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 39% green and 39% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 21% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 10.6 — followed by Mocha. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #637C7D, 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 — 5.42:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.42:1).

Colour codes

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Red125
Green100
Blue99

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 10.6
Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 12.1
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #7D6463

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #7D6463.
5.42:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #7D6463.
3.88:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #7D6463 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7D6463
Protanopia (no red cones)
#686763
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6E6C63
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#836264

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7D6463?

With the hex code #7D6463, this is a medium gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 39% green and 39% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 21% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7D6463?

Use white text. White on #7D6463 has a contrast ratio of 5.42:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #7D6463?

Its complementary colour is #637C7D, and analogous partners are #7D636F and #7D7163.