#55434B
Eggplant · dark warm gray
About #55434B
#55434B is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 26% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 12% yellow and 67% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.4); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #43554D — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #55434B 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 #55434B?
#55434B is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 33% red, 26% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 12% yellow and 67% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #55434B?
Use white text. White on #55434B has a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #55434B?
Its complementary colour is #43554D, and analogous partners are #554354 and #554443.