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#61394A

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #61394A

With the hex code #61394A, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 22% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Wine. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #396150, a hunter green shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.58:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.58:1).

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Red97
Green57
Blue74

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 4.0
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 16.1
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 18.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #61394A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #61394A.
9.58:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #61394A.
2.19:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #61394A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#61394A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3D414B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#474849
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#67373F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #61394A?

With the hex code #61394A, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 22% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #61394A?

Use white text. White on #61394A has a contrast ratio of 9.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #61394A?

Its complementary colour is #396150, and analogous partners are #61395E and #613C39.