#3E3045
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #3E3045
#3E3045 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 19% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 12.8); Gunmetal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #374530 — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #3E3045 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 12.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.26:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #3E3045?
#3E3045 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 19% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #3E3045?
Use white text. White on #3E3045 has a contrast ratio of 12.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #3E3045?
Its complementary colour is #374530, and analogous partners are #343045 and #453042.