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#5B445B

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #5B445B

#5B445B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 27% green and 36% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.2), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #445B44 (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.67:1).

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Red91
Green68
Blue91

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.2
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 18.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #5B445B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #5B445B.
8.67:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #5B445B.
2.42:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #5B445B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5B445B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#434A5C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#484C5A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5C464C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5B445B?

#5B445B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 27% green and 36% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #5B445B?

Use white text. White on #5B445B has a contrast ratio of 8.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #5B445B?

Its complementary colour is #445B44, and analogous partners are #50445B and #5B4450.