#5D4E85
Royal Purple · dark cool purple
About #5D4E85
#5D4E85 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 30% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Royal Purple and Plum (ΔE 20.9), with Plum the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #76854E (moss), 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 — 7.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.26:1).
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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 #5D4E85?
#5D4E85 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 36% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 30% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #5D4E85?
Use white text. White on #5D4E85 has a contrast ratio of 7.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5D4E85?
Its complementary colour is #76854E, and analogous partners are #4E5A85 and #794E85.