#623366
Plum · dark cool pink
About #623366
#623366 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 20% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Plum and Aubergine (ΔE 15.5); Aubergine comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #376633 — a fern tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #623366 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.61:1).
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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 #623366?
#623366 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 38% red, 20% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #623366?
Use white text. White on #623366 has a contrast ratio of 9.61:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #623366?
Its complementary colour is #376633, and analogous partners are #483366 and #663351.