#593E52
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #593E52
#593E52 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 24% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 8% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 3.8); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3E5945 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #593E52 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.39:1).
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #593E52
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #593E52 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #593E52?
#593E52 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 24% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 8% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #593E52?
Use white text. White on #593E52 has a contrast ratio of 9.39:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #593E52?
Its complementary colour is #3E5945, and analogous partners are #523E59 and #593E45.