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#643F66

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #643F66

#643F66 is a dark, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 39% red, 25% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 13.4), with Plum the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #41663F (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.59:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.59:1).

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Red100
Green63
Blue102

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.4
Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 19.6
Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 21.8

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

Text on #643F66

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #643F66.
8.59:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #643F66.
2.44:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #643F66 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#643F66
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C4967
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#454E65
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#66434E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #643F66?

#643F66 is a dark, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 39% red, 25% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 2% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #643F66?

Use white text. White on #643F66 has a contrast ratio of 8.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #643F66?

Its complementary colour is #41663F, and analogous partners are #503F66 and #663F55.