#604E85
Royal Purple · dark cool purple
About #604E85
#604E85 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 28% 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 20.4), with Plum the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #73854E (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 — 7.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.18:1).
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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 #604E85?
#604E85 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 28% cyan, 41% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #604E85?
Use white text. White on #604E85 has a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #604E85?
Its complementary colour is #73854E, and analogous partners are #4E5885 and #7C4E85.