#5E3A5B · Eggplant

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#5E3A5B 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 330°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #5E3A5B a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5E3A5B
RGBrgb(94, 58, 91)
HSLhsl(305, 24%, 30%)
CMYK0, 38, 3, 63
CSS var--eggplant
Contrast9.41:1 white · 2.23:1 black

Similar named colors

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

How to use #5E3A5B

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E3A5B (9.41:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E3A5B with its analogous neighbors #503A5F and #5F3A49; for contrast use its complement #3A5F3D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--eggplant: #5E3A5B;

Shades & tints

#130C12#261724#382337#4B2E49#5E3A5B#7E617C#9E899D#BFB0BD#DFD8DE

Color harmonies for #5E3A5B

Complementary

#5E3A5B#3A5F3D

Analogous

#5E3A5B#503A5F#5F3A49

Triadic

#5E3A5B#5C5F3A#3A5C5F

Split complementary

#5E3A5B#495F3A#3A5F50

Tetradic

#5E3A5B#5F503A#3A5F3D#3A495F

Palettes with #5E3A5B