#6D4E67
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6D4E67
#6D4E67 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 43% red, 31% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 6% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.7); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E6D54 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #6D4E67 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.15:1).
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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 #6D4E67?
#6D4E67 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 43% red, 31% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 6% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #6D4E67?
Use white text. White on #6D4E67 has a contrast ratio of 7.15:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6D4E67?
Its complementary colour is #4E6D54, and analogous partners are #644E6D and #6D4E58.