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#706288

Eggplant · medium cool purple

About #706288

#706288 is a medium, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 44% red, 38% green and 53% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 47% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Eggplant and Slate Gray (ΔE 19.8), with Slate Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #7A8862 (moss), its complementary partner.

Because it is medium, it is most useful for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.54:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.54:1).

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Red112
Green98
Blue136

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 19.8
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 20.0
Steel Blue
#4682B4 · ΔE 23.7

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

Text on #706288

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #706288.
5.54:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #706288.
3.79:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #706288 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#706288
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5A688A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5D6887
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6C686F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #706288?

#706288 is a medium, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 44% red, 38% green and 53% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 47% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #706288?

Use white text. White on #706288 has a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #706288?

Its complementary colour is #7A8862, and analogous partners are #626788 and #836288.