#55424B
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #55424B
#55424B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 12% yellow and 67% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.7), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #42554C (charcoal), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.26:1).
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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 #55424B?
#55424B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 12% yellow and 67% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
›What text colour should I use on #55424B?
Use white text. White on #55424B has a contrast ratio of 9.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #55424B?
Its complementary colour is #42554C, and analogous partners are #554255 and #554342.