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#755D7B

Eggplant · medium cool purple

About #755D7B

With the hex code #755D7B, this is a medium purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 48% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 14.5 — followed by Slate Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #637B5D, 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 — 5.82:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.82:1).

Colour codes

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Red117
Green93
Blue123

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 14.5
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 20.5
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 21.8

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

Text on #755D7B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #755D7B.
5.82:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #755D7B.
3.61:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #755D7B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#755D7B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5A637C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5F667A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#766067

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #755D7B?

With the hex code #755D7B, this is a medium purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 46% red, 36% green and 48% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #755D7B?

Use white text. White on #755D7B has a contrast ratio of 5.82:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #755D7B?

Its complementary colour is #637B5D, and analogous partners are #665D7B and #7B5D72.