#583E4E
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #583E4E
With the hex code #583E4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 11% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 3.5 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3E5848, a hunter green shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.49:1).
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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 #583E4E?
With the hex code #583E4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 11% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #583E4E?
Use white text. White on #583E4E has a contrast ratio of 9.49:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #583E4E?
Its complementary colour is #3E5848, and analogous partners are #553E58 and #583E41.