#5C4E7D
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #5C4E7D
#5C4E7D is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 31% green and 49% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum (ΔE 20.8), with Plum the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #6F7D4E (fern), 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 — 7.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.39:1).
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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 #5C4E7D?
#5C4E7D is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 31% green and 49% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #5C4E7D?
Use white text. White on #5C4E7D has a contrast ratio of 7.39:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5C4E7D?
Its complementary colour is #6F7D4E, and analogous partners are #4E577D and #744E7D.