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#513F4E

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #513F4E

With the hex code #513F4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 25% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 4% yellow and 68% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3F5142, a graphite 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 9.67:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.67:1).

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Red81
Green63
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #513F4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #513F4E.
9.67:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #513F4E.
2.17:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #513F4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#513F4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3F434F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#43454D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#534044

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #513F4E?

With the hex code #513F4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 32% red, 25% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 4% yellow and 68% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #513F4E?

Use white text. White on #513F4E has a contrast ratio of 9.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #513F4E?

Its complementary colour is #3F5142, and analogous partners are #4B3F51 and #513F45.