#6D4E69
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6D4E69
#6D4E69 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 4% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.6), with Umber the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E6D52 (hunter green), 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 — 7.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.13:1).
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #6D4E69
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #6D4E69 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #6D4E69?
#6D4E69 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 43% red, 31% green and 41% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 4% yellow and 57% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.
›What text colour should I use on #6D4E69?
Use white text. White on #6D4E69 has a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6D4E69?
Its complementary colour is #4E6D52, and analogous partners are #624E6D and #6D4E5A.