#6D4E6B
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6D4E6B
With the hex code #6D4E6B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 42% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 2% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.5 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4E6D50, a hunter green shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.11:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #6D4E6B?
With the hex code #6D4E6B, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 42% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 28% magenta, 2% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #6D4E6B?
Use white text. White on #6D4E6B has a contrast ratio of 7.11:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6D4E6B?
Its complementary colour is #4E6D50, and analogous partners are #604E6D and #6D4E5C.