#6D4E5A
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6D4E5A
#6D4E5A is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 35% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 17% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.4), with Umber the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E6D61 (eucalyptus), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.27:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.27:1).
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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 #6D4E5A?
#6D4E5A is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 35% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 17% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
›What text colour should I use on #6D4E5A?
Use white text. White on #6D4E5A has a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6D4E5A?
Its complementary colour is #4E6D61, and analogous partners are #6D4E6A and #6D524E.