#554356
Eggplant · dark cool pink
About #554356
#554356 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 34% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 66% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.0), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #445643 (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 9.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.04:1).
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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 #554356?
#554356 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 33% red, 26% green and 34% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 66% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #554356?
Use white text. White on #554356 has a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #554356?
Its complementary colour is #445643, and analogous partners are #4C4356 and #56434E.