#693E50
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #693E50
#693E50 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 4.6), with Wine the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3E6957 (hunter green), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.73:1).
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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 #693E50?
#693E50 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 24% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
›What text colour should I use on #693E50?
Use white text. White on #693E50 has a contrast ratio of 8.73:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #693E50?
Its complementary colour is #3E6957, and analogous partners are #693E65 and #69423E.