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#613E55

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #613E55

#613E55 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 24% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 12% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 3.7), with Wine the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3E614A (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 — 9.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.02:1).

Colour codes

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Red97
Green62
Blue85

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 3.7
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 20.6
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 21.7

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

Text on #613E55

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #613E55.
9.02:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #613E55.
2.33:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #613E55 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#613E55
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3F4656
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#484B54
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#653E46

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #613E55?

#613E55 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 38% red, 24% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 36% magenta, 12% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #613E55?

Use white text. White on #613E55 has a contrast ratio of 9.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #613E55?

Its complementary colour is #3E614A, and analogous partners are #5B3E61 and #613E44.