#60435E
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #60435E
#60435E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 26% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 2% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.7); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #436045 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #60435E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.53:1).
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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 #60435E?
#60435E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 26% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 2% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #60435E?
Use white text. White on #60435E has a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #60435E?
Its complementary colour is #436045, and analogous partners are #544360 and #60434F.