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#61394B

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #61394B

#61394B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 22% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 23% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 3.9), with Wine the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #39614F (hunter green), 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 — 9.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.57:1).

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Red97
Green57
Blue75

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 3.9
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 16.4
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #61394B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #61394B.
9.57:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #61394B.
2.20:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#61394B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3D414C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#47484A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#67383F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #61394B?

#61394B is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 22% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 23% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

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

Use white text. White on #61394B has a contrast ratio of 9.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #61394B?

Its complementary colour is #39614F, and analogous partners are #61395F and #613B39.