#453752
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #453752
#453752 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 22% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 68% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 12.3); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #445237 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #453752 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.93:1).
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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 #453752?
#453752 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 22% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 68% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #453752?
Use white text. White on #453752 has a contrast ratio of 10.93:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #453752?
Its complementary colour is #445237, and analogous partners are #383752 and #523752.