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#75596D

Eggplant · medium warm pink

About #75596D

With the hex code #75596D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 35% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 7% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 10.5 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #597561, a eucalyptus shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 6.17:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.17:1).

Colour codes

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Red117
Green89
Blue109

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 10.5
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 19.0
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #75596D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #75596D.
6.17:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #75596D.
3.41:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #75596D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#75596D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#595F6E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#60636C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#785A60

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #75596D?

With the hex code #75596D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 35% green and 43% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 24% magenta, 7% yellow and 54% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #75596D?

Use white text. White on #75596D has a contrast ratio of 6.17:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #75596D?

Its complementary colour is #597561, and analogous partners are #6F5975 and #75595F.