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#6D4E57

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #6D4E57

#6D4E57 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 20% yellow and 57% 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 #4E6D64 (eucalyptus), 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 — 7.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.30:1).

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Red109
Green78
Blue87

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.4
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.5
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #6D4E57

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E57.
7.30:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E57.
2.88:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #6D4E57 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#6D4E57
Protanopia (no red cones)
#525357
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#595856
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#724C51

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #6D4E57?

#6D4E57 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 34% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 20% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #6D4E57?

Use white text. White on #6D4E57 has a contrast ratio of 7.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #6D4E57?

Its complementary colour is #4E6D64, and analogous partners are #6D4E67 and #6D554E.