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#693E65

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #693E65

#693E65 is a dark, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 24% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 4% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 13.5), with Plum the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3E6942 (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 — 8.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.48:1).

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Red105
Green62
Blue101

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.5
Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 18.1
Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 21.4

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

Text on #693E65

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #693E65.
8.48:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #693E65.
2.48:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #693E65 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#693E65
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C4966
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#474F64
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6C414D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #693E65?

#693E65 is a dark, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 41% red, 24% green and 40% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 41% magenta, 4% yellow and 59% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #693E65?

Use white text. White on #693E65 has a contrast ratio of 8.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #693E65?

Its complementary colour is #3E6942, and analogous partners are #573E69 and #693E50.