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#705665

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #705665

#705665 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 44% red, 34% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 10% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 9.1); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #567061 — a eucalyptus tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #705665 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.55:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.55:1).

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Red112
Green86
Blue101

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.1
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 15.7
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 19.8

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

Text on #705665

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #705665.
6.55:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #705665.
3.21:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #705665 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#705665
Protanopia (no red cones)
#575B66
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D5F64
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#73565B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #705665?

#705665 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 44% red, 34% green and 40% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 10% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #705665?

Use white text. White on #705665 has a contrast ratio of 6.55:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #705665?

Its complementary colour is #567061, and analogous partners are #6E5670 and #705658.