#613D69
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #613D69
#613D69 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 24% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum (ΔE 16.5); Plum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #45693D — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #613D69 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.82:1).
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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 #613D69?
#613D69 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 24% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #613D69?
Use white text. White on #613D69 has a contrast ratio of 8.82:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #613D69?
Its complementary colour is #45693D, and analogous partners are #4B3D69 and #693D5B.