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#855F84

Eggplant · medium warm pink

About #855F84

With the hex code #855F84, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 52% red, 37% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 1% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Plum — a ΔE of 18.0 — followed by Plum. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5F8560, a fern shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.29:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.29:1).

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Red133
Green95
Blue132

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 18.0
Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 20.1
Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 24.3

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

Text on #855F84

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #855F84.
5.29:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #855F84.
3.97:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #855F84 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#855F84
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5D6885
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#666D83
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#88626C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #855F84?

With the hex code #855F84, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 52% red, 37% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 1% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #855F84?

Use white text. White on #855F84 has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #855F84?

Its complementary colour is #5F8560, and analogous partners are #735F85 and #855F71.