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#6D4E5C

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #6D4E5C

With the hex code #6D4E5C, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 16% 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 6.0 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6D5F, a eucalyptus shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.26:1).

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Red109
Green78
Blue92

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.0
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 15.2
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 18.0

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

Text on #6D4E5C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E5C.
7.26:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E5C.
2.89:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #6D4E5C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#6D4E5C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#51545D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#58595B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#724D53

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #6D4E5C?

With the hex code #6D4E5C, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 16% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #6D4E5C?

Use white text. White on #6D4E5C has a contrast ratio of 7.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #6D4E5C?

Its complementary colour is #4E6D5F, and analogous partners are #6D4E6B and #6D504E.