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#453042

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #453042

With the hex code #453042, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 19% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 4% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.9 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #304533, a dark green shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.97:1).

Colour codes

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Red69
Green48
Blue66

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.1
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #453042

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #453042.
11.97:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #453042.
1.75:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #453042 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#453042
Protanopia (no red cones)
#303543
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#343841
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#473136

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #453042?

With the hex code #453042, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 19% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 4% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #453042?

Use white text. White on #453042 has a contrast ratio of 11.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #453042?

Its complementary colour is #304533, and analogous partners are #3D3045 and #453038.