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#331B30

Aubergine · very dark warm pink

About #331B30

With the hex code #331B30, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 11% green and 19% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 47% magenta, 6% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Aubergine and Eggplant — a ΔE of 16.1 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #1B331E, a dark green shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 15.67:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.67:1).

Colour codes

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Red51
Green27
Blue48

Closest named colours

Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 16.1
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 18.2
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 18.6

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

Text on #331B30

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #331B30.
15.67:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #331B30.
1.34:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #331B30 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#331B30
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1A2131
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#21242F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#351D23

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #331B30?

With the hex code #331B30, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 20% red, 11% green and 19% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 47% magenta, 6% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #331B30?

Use white text. White on #331B30 has a contrast ratio of 15.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #331B30?

Its complementary colour is #1B331E, and analogous partners are #2A1B33 and #331B24.