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#613E53

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #613E53

#613E53 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 24% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 14% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Eggplant (ΔE 2.6); Wine comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3E614C — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #613E53 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.04:1).

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Red97
Green62
Blue83

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 2.6
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 19.8
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 20.6

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

Text on #613E53

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #613E53.
9.04:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #613E53.
2.32:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #613E53 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#613E53
Protanopia (no red cones)
#404554
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#484B52
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#653E45

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #613E53?

#613E53 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 24% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 14% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #613E53?

Use white text. White on #613E53 has a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #613E53?

Its complementary colour is #3E614C, and analogous partners are #5E3E61 and #613E42.