#5B455E
Eggplant · dark cool pink
About #5B455E
#5B455E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.4); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #485E45 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #5B455E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.54:1).
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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 #5B455E?
#5B455E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 36% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #5B455E?
Use white text. White on #5B455E has a contrast ratio of 8.54:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5B455E?
Its complementary colour is #485E45, and analogous partners are #4E455E and #5E4555.