#593E41
Eggplant · dark warm red
About #593E41
With the hex code #593E41, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 24% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 27% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3E5956, a dark teal shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.59:1).
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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 #593E41?
With the hex code #593E41, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 24% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 27% yellow and 65% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #593E41?
Use white text. White on #593E41 has a contrast ratio of 9.59:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #593E41?
Its complementary colour is #3E5956, and analogous partners are #593E4E and #59493E.