#5F4E85
Royal Purple · dark cool purple
About #5F4E85
With the hex code #5F4E85, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 37% red, 31% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Royal Purple and Plum — a ΔE of 20.6 — followed by Plum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #74854E, a moss 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 — 7.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.20:1).
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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 #5F4E85?
With the hex code #5F4E85, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 37% red, 31% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 29% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #5F4E85?
Use white text. White on #5F4E85 has a contrast ratio of 7.20:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #5F4E85?
Its complementary colour is #74854E, and analogous partners are #4E5985 and #7A4E85.