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#6D4E6A

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #6D4E6A

#6D4E6A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 43% red, 31% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 3% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 9.0); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4E6D51 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #6D4E6A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.12:1).

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Red109
Green78
Blue106

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.0
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 23.4
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 23.4

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

Text on #6D4E6A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E6A.
7.12:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #6D4E6A.
2.95:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #6D4E6A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#6D4E6A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4D556B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#545969
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6F5058

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #6D4E6A?

#6D4E6A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 43% red, 31% green and 42% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 3% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #6D4E6A?

Use white text. White on #6D4E6A has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #6D4E6A?

Its complementary colour is #4E6D51, and analogous partners are #604E6D and #6D4E5B.