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#7D6482

Eggplant · medium cool pink

About #7D6482

#7D6482 is a medium, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 49% red, 39% green and 51% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Eggplant and Slate Gray (ΔE 16.8), with Slate Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #698264 (eucalyptus), its complementary partner.

Because it is medium, it is most useful for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.23:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.23:1).

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Red125
Green100
Blue130

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 16.8
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 19.4
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 20.1

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

Text on #7D6482

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #7D6482.
5.23:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #7D6482.
4.02:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #7D6482 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7D6482
Protanopia (no red cones)
#616B83
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#666D81
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#7E676E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7D6482?

#7D6482 is a medium, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 49% red, 39% green and 51% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 49% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #7D6482?

Use white text. White on #7D6482 has a contrast ratio of 5.23:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #7D6482?

Its complementary colour is #698264, and analogous partners are #6E6482 and #826478.