#674271
Plum · dark cool purple
About #674271
With the hex code #674271, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 40% red, 26% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Plum and Eggplant — a ΔE of 16.6 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4C7142, a fern shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.09:1).
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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 #674271?
With the hex code #674271, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 40% red, 26% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #674271?
Use white text. White on #674271 has a contrast ratio of 8.09:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #674271?
Its complementary colour is #4C7142, and analogous partners are #504271 and #714263.