#755C85
Eggplant · medium cool purple
About #755C85
With the hex code #755C85, this is a medium purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum — a ΔE of 18.7 — followed by Plum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6C855C, 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 — 5.79:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.79:1).
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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 #755C85?
With the hex code #755C85, this is a medium purple with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #755C85?
Use white text. White on #755C85 has a contrast ratio of 5.79:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #755C85?
Its complementary colour is #6C855C, and analogous partners are #605C85 and #855C81.