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#7B6072

Eggplant · medium warm pink

About #7B6072

With the hex code #7B6072, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 48% red, 38% green and 45% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 7% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 13.0 — followed by Taupe. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #607B69, a eucalyptus shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.59:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.59:1).

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Red123
Green96
Blue114

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.0
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 17.2
Gray
#808080 · ΔE 18.2

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

Text on #7B6072

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #7B6072.
5.59:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #7B6072.
3.76:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #7B6072 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7B6072
Protanopia (no red cones)
#616573
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#676971
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#7E6066

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7B6072?

With the hex code #7B6072, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 48% red, 38% green and 45% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 7% yellow and 52% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7B6072?

Use white text. White on #7B6072 has a contrast ratio of 5.59:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #7B6072?

Its complementary colour is #607B69, and analogous partners are #77607B and #7B6065.