#6E4E61
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #6E4E61
With the hex code #6E4E61, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 12% 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 #4E6E5B, a eucalyptus 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 — 7.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.18:1).
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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 #6E4E61?
With the hex code #6E4E61, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 43% red, 31% green and 38% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 12% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #6E4E61?
Use white text. White on #6E4E61 has a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #6E4E61?
Its complementary colour is #4E6E5B, and analogous partners are #6B4E6E and #6E4E51.