#5E3A5A · Eggplant

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#5E3A5A is a dark, muted purple color, closest to Eggplant and near Eggplant and Plum Purple. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 331°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5E3A5A a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#5E3A5A
RGBrgb(94, 58, 90)
HSLhsl(307, 24%, 30%)
CMYK0, 38, 4, 63
CSS var--eggplant
Contrast9.42:1 white · 2.23:1 black

Similar named colors

Eggplant #614051Plum Purple #673147Wine #722F37Graphite #4B4B4BWalnut #5C4033

How to use #5E3A5A

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E3A5A (9.42:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E3A5A with its analogous neighbors #513A5F and #5F3A48; for contrast use its complement #3A5F3E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--eggplant: #5E3A5A;

Shades & tints

#130C12#261724#382336#4B2E48#5E3A5A#7E617B#9E899C#BFB0BD#DFD8DE

Color harmonies for #5E3A5A

Complementary

#5E3A5A#3A5F3E

Analogous

#5E3A5A#513A5F#5F3A48

Triadic

#5E3A5A#5B5F3A#3A5B5F

Split complementary

#5E3A5A#485F3A#3A5F51

Tetradic

#5E3A5A#5F513A#3A5F3E#3A485F

Palettes with #5E3A5A