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#593545

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #593545

#593545 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 21% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 22% yellow and 65% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 4.8), with Wine the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #355949 (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 — 10.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.40:1).

Colour codes

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Red89
Green53
Blue69

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 4.8
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 17.4
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 18.2

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

Text on #593545

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #593545.
10.40:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #593545.
2.02:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #593545 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#593545
Protanopia (no red cones)
#393C46
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#424244
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5E343B

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #593545?

#593545 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 21% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 22% yellow and 65% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #593545?

Use white text. White on #593545 has a contrast ratio of 10.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #593545?

Its complementary colour is #355949, and analogous partners are #593557 and #593735.