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#58375D

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #58375D

#58375D is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 22% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 13.6); Aubergine comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3C5D37 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #58375D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.91:1).

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Red88
Green55
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.6
Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 18.8
Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 22.6

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

Text on #58375D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #58375D.
9.91:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #58375D.
2.12:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #58375D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#58375D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#33415E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3B445C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#593B45

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #58375D?

#58375D is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 22% green and 36% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #58375D?

Use white text. White on #58375D has a contrast ratio of 9.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #58375D?

Its complementary colour is #3C5D37, and analogous partners are #45375D and #5D374F.