#6B4E67
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6B4E67
With the hex code #6B4E67, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 42% red, 31% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 4% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6B52, a hunter green 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 — 7.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.21:1).
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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 #6B4E67?
With the hex code #6B4E67, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 42% red, 31% green and 40% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 4% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #6B4E67?
Use white text. White on #6B4E67 has a contrast ratio of 7.21:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6B4E67?
Its complementary colour is #4E6B52, and analogous partners are #614E6B and #6B4E58.