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#534366

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #534366

With the hex code #534366, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 13.8 — followed by Prussian Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #566643, a hunter 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 8.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.89:1).

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Red83
Green67
Blue102

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.8
Prussian Blue
#003153 · ΔE 20.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 20.7

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

Text on #534366

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #534366.
8.89:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #534366.
2.36:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #534366 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#534366
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C4967
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3F4A65
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#504850

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #534366?

With the hex code #534366, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #534366?

Use white text. White on #534366 has a contrast ratio of 8.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #534366?

Its complementary colour is #566643, and analogous partners are #434566 and #654366.