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#595372

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #595372

#595372 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 33% green and 45% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 55% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Eggplant and Charcoal (ΔE 15.6), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #6C7253 (eucalyptus), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.23:1).

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Red89
Green83
Blue114

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 15.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 17.8
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 20.7

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

Text on #595372

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #595372.
7.23:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #595372.
2.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #595372 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#595372
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4C5773
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4C5671
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#54585E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #595372?

#595372 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 33% green and 45% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 55% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #595372?

Use white text. White on #595372 has a contrast ratio of 7.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #595372?

Its complementary colour is #6C7253, and analogous partners are #535D72 and #695372.