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#664355

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #664355

#664355 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 26% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 17% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Eggplant (ΔE 1.8); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #436654 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #664355 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.40:1).

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Red102
Green67
Blue85

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 1.8
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 18.4
Wine
#722F37 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #664355

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #664355.
8.40:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #664355.
2.50:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #664355 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#664355
Protanopia (no red cones)
#464A56
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4E5054
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6B4249

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #664355?

#664355 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 40% red, 26% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 34% magenta, 17% yellow and 60% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #664355?

Use white text. White on #664355 has a contrast ratio of 8.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #664355?

Its complementary colour is #436654, and analogous partners are #654366 and #664344.