#554253
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #554253
With the hex code #554253, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 2% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #425544, a hunter green shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.17:1).
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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 #554253?
With the hex code #554253, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 2% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #554253?
Use white text. White on #554253 has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #554253?
Its complementary colour is #425544, and analogous partners are #4E4255 and #55424A.