#6A4E7D
Plum · dark cool purple
About #6A4E7D
With the hex code #6A4E7D, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 42% red, 31% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Plum and Eggplant — a ΔE of 18.9 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #617D4E, 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 — 7.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.00:1).
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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 #6A4E7D?
With the hex code #6A4E7D, this is a dark purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 42% red, 31% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 38% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #6A4E7D?
Use white text. White on #6A4E7D has a contrast ratio of 7.00:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6A4E7D?
Its complementary colour is #617D4E, and analogous partners are #524E7D and #7D4E79.