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#8D6476

Eggplant · medium warm pink

About #8D6476

#8D6476 is a muted, medium shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 55% red, 39% green and 46% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 16% yellow and 45% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Eggplant and Rose Gold (ΔE 15.9); Rose Gold comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #648D7B — a eucalyptus tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #8D6476 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 4.98:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (4.98:1).

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Red141
Green100
Blue118

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 15.9
Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 16.5
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 18.9

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

Text on #8D6476

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #8D6476.
4.98:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #8D6476.
4.22:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #8D6476 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8D6476
Protanopia (no red cones)
#686C77
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#717275
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#93636A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8D6476?

#8D6476 is a muted, medium shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 55% red, 39% green and 46% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 16% yellow and 45% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #8D6476?

Use white text. White on #8D6476 has a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8D6476?

Its complementary colour is #648D7B, and analogous partners are #8D648B and #8D6664.