#6D4E59
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6D4E59
With the hex code #6D4E59, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 35% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 18% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 6.7 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6D62, a eucalyptus 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 — 7.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.28:1).
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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 #6D4E59?
With the hex code #6D4E59, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 35% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 18% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #6D4E59?
Use white text. White on #6D4E59 has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6D4E59?
Its complementary colour is #4E6D62, and analogous partners are #6D4E69 and #6D534E.