#5A445B
Eggplant · dark cool pink
About #5A445B
With the hex code #5A445B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 27% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #455B44, a hunter green 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 — 8.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.70:1).
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›What colour is #5A445B?
With the hex code #5A445B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 27% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #5A445B?
Use white text. White on #5A445B has a contrast ratio of 8.70:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5A445B?
Its complementary colour is #455B44, and analogous partners are #4E445B and #5B4451.