#5D424B
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #5D424B
With the hex code #5D424B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 26% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 19% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 5.4 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #425D54, a dark teal 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 — 8.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.95:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #5D424B?
With the hex code #5D424B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 26% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 19% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #5D424B?
Use white text. White on #5D424B has a contrast ratio of 8.95:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5D424B?
Its complementary colour is #425D54, and analogous partners are #5D4258 and #5D4742.