Nearest-color comparison

Byzantium vs Eggplant

Byzantium and Eggplant are different pink colors with HEX values #702963 and #614051. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 32.8, their contrast ratio is 1.08:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Byzantium and Eggplant are visually related colors. Eggplant is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.08:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Byzantium#702963

Eggplant#614051

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Byzantium and Eggplant across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance32.8

Pair contrast1.08:1

Luminance delta0.0087

Hue delta18 deg

Lighter colorEggplant

More saturatedByzantium

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

pink color

Byzantium

Byzantium is #702963, a warm pink color with balanced character. Compared with Eggplant, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#702963 RGB112, 41, 99 HSL311, 46, 30 CMYK0, 63, 12, 56 Luminance0.0593 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

pink color

Eggplant

Eggplant is #614051, a warm pink color with muted character. Compared with Byzantium, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#614051 RGB97, 64, 81 HSL329, 20, 32 CMYK0, 34, 16, 62 Luminance0.068 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Byzantium or Eggplant

Choose ByzantiumByzantium is better when the design needs balanced pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #702963.

Choose EggplantEggplant is better when the design needs muted pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #614051.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyByzantiumEggplant

HEX#702963#614051

RGB112, 41, 9997, 64, 81

HSL311, 46, 30329, 20, 32

CMYK0, 63, 12, 560, 34, 16, 62

FamilyPinkPink

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedMuted

Luminance0.05930.068

Black contrast2.19:12.36:1

White contrast9.61:18.9:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Byzantiumwhite text - 9.61:1

Eggplantwhite text - 8.9:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Byzantium#702963

Eggplant#614051

#B3429E#B3429E

#996680#996680

#297036#297036

#416251#416251

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      46,
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    "cmyk": [
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      12,
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 9.61
    },
    "description": "Byzantium is #702963, a warm pink color with balanced character. Compared with Eggplant, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/byzantium/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "eggplant",
    "name": "Eggplant",
    "hex": "#614051",
    "rgb": [
      97,
      64,
      81
    ],
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      329,
      20,
      32
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      34,
      16,
      62
    ],
    "family": "pink",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "muted"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.068,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.36,
      "white": 8.9
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#FFFFFF",
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      ],
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 8.9
    },
    "description": "Eggplant is #614051, a warm pink color with muted character. Compared with Byzantium, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/eggplant/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggplant.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 32.8,
  "contrastRatio": 1.08,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 18,
    "saturation": 26,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0087,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Eggplant",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Byzantium"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.08,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Byzantium",
      "background": "#702963",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 9.61
    },
    {
      "color": "Eggplant",
      "background": "#614051",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 8.9
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Byzantium is better when the design needs balanced pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #702963.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Eggplant is better when the design needs muted pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #614051.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/byzantium-vs-eggplant.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/byzantium.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggplant.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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      "description": "Eggplant is #614051, a warm pink color with muted character. Compared with Byzantium, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
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