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#58455E

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #58455E

#58455E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.4); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4B5E45 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #58455E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.65:1).

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Red88
Green69
Blue94

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 17.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.7

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

Text on #58455E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #58455E.
8.65:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #58455E.
2.43:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #58455E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#58455E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#424A5F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#464C5D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#58484E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #58455E?

#58455E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #58455E?

Use white text. White on #58455E has a contrast ratio of 8.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #58455E?

Its complementary colour is #4B5E45, and analogous partners are #4B455E and #5E4558.