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#361B2D

Aubergine · very dark warm pink

About #361B2D

With the hex code #361B2D, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 11% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 17% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Aubergine and Eggplant — a ΔE of 16.8 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #1B3624, a dark green shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 15.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.54:1).

Colour codes

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Red54
Green27
Blue45

Closest named colours

Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 16.8
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 17.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 17.9

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

Text on #361B2D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #361B2D.
15.54:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on aubergine #361B2D.
1.35:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #361B2D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#361B2D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#1C212E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#23262C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#391B22

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #361B2D?

With the hex code #361B2D, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 11% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 17% yellow and 79% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #361B2D?

Use white text. White on #361B2D has a contrast ratio of 15.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #361B2D?

Its complementary colour is #1B3624, and analogous partners are #311B36 and #361B20.