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#644E69

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #644E69

#644E69 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 39% red, 31% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 9.6), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #53694E (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 — 7.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.41:1).

Colour codes

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Red100
Green78
Blue105

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 20.0
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 22.6

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

Text on #644E69

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #644E69.
7.41:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #644E69.
2.84:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #644E69 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#644E69
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4B546A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#505668
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#655157

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #644E69?

#644E69 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 39% red, 31% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 26% magenta, 0% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #644E69?

Use white text. White on #644E69 has a contrast ratio of 7.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #644E69?

Its complementary colour is #53694E, and analogous partners are #574E69 and #694E61.