#684271
Plum · dark cool purple
About #684271
#684271 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 26% green and 44% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Plum and Eggplant (ΔE 16.3), with Eggplant the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4B7142 (fern), 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 — 8.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.06:1).
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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 #684271?
#684271 is a dark, moderately saturated purple colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 26% green and 44% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #684271?
Use white text. White on #684271 has a contrast ratio of 8.06:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #684271?
Its complementary colour is #4B7142, and analogous partners are #514271 and #714262.