#70577D
Eggplant · medium cool purple
About #70577D
With the hex code #70577D, this is a medium purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 44% red, 34% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum — a ΔE of 16.2 — followed by Plum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #647D57, a fern shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.27:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.27:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #70577D?
With the hex code #70577D, this is a medium purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 44% red, 34% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 51% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #70577D?
Use white text. White on #70577D has a contrast ratio of 6.27:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #70577D?
Its complementary colour is #647D57, and analogous partners are #5D577D and #7D5777.