#745D8A
Eggplant · medium cool purple
About #745D8A
#745D8A is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 36% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum (ΔE 20.9); Plum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #738A5D — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #745D8A for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.71:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.71:1).
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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 #745D8A?
#745D8A is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 45% red, 36% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #745D8A?
Use white text. White on #745D8A has a contrast ratio of 5.71:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #745D8A?
Its complementary colour is #738A5D, and analogous partners are #5E5D8A and #8A5D89.