#5B4B5E · Eggplant

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#5B4B5E is a medium, nearly neutral purple color, closest to Eggplant and near Eggplant and Graphite. In OKLCH it has 44% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 321°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5B4B5E a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5B4B5E
RGBrgb(91, 75, 94)
HSLhsl(291, 11%, 33%)
CMYK3, 20, 0, 63
CSS var--eggplant
Contrast8.04:1 white · 2.61:1 black

Similar named colors

Eggplant #614051Graphite #4B4B4BUmber #635147Dusk #4E5481Walnut #5C4033

How to use #5B4B5E

White text passes WCAG AA on #5B4B5E (8.04:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5B4B5E with its analogous neighbors #514B5D and #5D4B57; for contrast use its complement #4E5D4B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--eggplant: #5B4B5E;

Shades & tints

#120F13#241E26#372D38#493C4B#5B4B5E#7C6F7E#9D939E#BDB7BF#DEDBDF

Color harmonies for #5B4B5E

Complementary

#5B4B5E#4E5D4B

Analogous

#5B4B5E#514B5D#5D4B57

Triadic

#5B4B5E#5D5B4B#4B5D5B

Split complementary

#5B4B5E#575D4B#4B5D51

Tetradic

#5B4B5E#5D514B#4E5D4B#4B575D

Palettes with #5B4B5E