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#564355

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #564355

#564355 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 34% red, 26% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 66% 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 #435644 (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.01:1).

Colour codes

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Red86
Green67
Blue85

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #564355

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #564355.
9.01:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #564355.
2.33:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #564355 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#564355
Protanopia (no red cones)
#424756
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#464A54
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#574449

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #564355?

#564355 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 34% red, 26% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 1% yellow and 66% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #564355?

Use white text. White on #564355 has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #564355?

Its complementary colour is #435644, and analogous partners are #4E4356 and #56434C.