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#98577F

Plum · medium warm pink

About #98577F

With the hex code #98577F, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 60% red, 34% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 16% yellow and 40% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Plum — a ΔE of 14.4 — followed by Rose Gold. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #579870, a fern shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.24:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.24:1).

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Red152
Green87
Blue127

Closest named colours

Plum
#8E4585 · ΔE 14.4
Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 19.6
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 21.9

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

Text on #98577F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on plum #98577F.
5.24:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on plum #98577F.
4.00:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #98577F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#98577F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5B6680
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6C707D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9F5766

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #98577F?

With the hex code #98577F, this is a medium pink with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 60% red, 34% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 16% yellow and 40% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #98577F?

Use white text. White on #98577F has a contrast ratio of 5.24:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #98577F?

Its complementary colour is #579870, and analogous partners are #915798 and #98575E.