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#554254

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #554254

#554254 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 67% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.4), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #425543 (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.16:1).

Colour codes

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Red85
Green66
Blue84

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #554254

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #554254.
9.16:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #554254.
2.29:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #554254 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#554254
Protanopia (no red cones)
#414655
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#454953
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#564348

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #554254?

#554254 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 67% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #554254?

Use white text. White on #554254 has a contrast ratio of 9.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #554254?

Its complementary colour is #425543, and analogous partners are #4D4255 and #55424B.