#43375D
Prussian Blue · dark cool purple
About #43375D
#43375D is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 22% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Prussian Blue and Oxford Blue (ΔE 16.9); Oxford Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #515D37 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #43375D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.81:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #43375D?
#43375D is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 22% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #43375D?
Use white text. White on #43375D has a contrast ratio of 10.81:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #43375D?
Its complementary colour is #515D37, and analogous partners are #373E5D and #56375D.