#5A495C
Eggplant · dark cool gray
About #5A495C
With the hex code #5A495C, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 29% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 21% 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 7.7 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4B5C49, a hunter green shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.26:1).
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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 #5A495C?
With the hex code #5A495C, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 29% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #5A495C?
Use white text. White on #5A495C has a contrast ratio of 8.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5A495C?
Its complementary colour is #4B5C49, and analogous partners are #51495C and #5C4954.