#8A677D
Eggplant · medium warm pink
About #8A677D
With the hex code #8A677D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 40% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 9% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Taupe — a ΔE of 16.6 — followed by Taupe. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #678A74, 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 — 4.86:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.86:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #8A677D?
With the hex code #8A677D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 40% green and 49% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 9% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #8A677D?
Use white text. White on #8A677D has a contrast ratio of 4.86:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #8A677D?
Its complementary colour is #678A74, and analogous partners are #85678A and #8A676B.