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#926C8A

Rose Gold · medium warm pink

About #926C8A

#926C8A is a muted, medium shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 42% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 43% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Rose Gold and Eggplant (ΔE 20.1); Eggplant comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6C9274 — a eucalyptus tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #926C8A for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 4.73:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

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Red146
Green108
Blue138

Closest named colours

Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 20.1
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 20.2
Taupe
#8B8589 · ΔE 20.4

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

Text on #926C8A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #926C8A.
4.44:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #926C8A.
4.73:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #926C8A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#926C8A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6C748B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#757A89
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#966E76

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #926C8A?

#926C8A is a muted, medium shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 42% green and 54% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 5% yellow and 43% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #926C8A?

Use black text. Black on #926C8A has a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #926C8A?

Its complementary colour is #6C9274, and analogous partners are #876C92 and #926C77.