#684E65
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #684E65
#684E65 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 31% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 3% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.4), with Umber the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E6851 (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 — 7.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.33:1).
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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 #684E65?
#684E65 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 31% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 3% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
›What text colour should I use on #684E65?
Use white text. White on #684E65 has a contrast ratio of 7.33:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #684E65?
Its complementary colour is #4E6851, and analogous partners are #5E4E68 and #684E58.