#55434F
Eggplant · dark warm gray
About #55434F
With the hex code #55434F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 7% 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 7.2 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #435549, a graphite 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 — 9.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.12:1).
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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 #55434F?
With the hex code #55434F, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 33% red, 26% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 7% yellow and 67% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #55434F?
Use white text. White on #55434F has a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #55434F?
Its complementary colour is #435549, and analogous partners are #524355 and #554346.