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#412D40

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #412D40

With the hex code #412D40, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 18% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 2% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 11.5 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2D412E, a dark green shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 12.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.54:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green45
Blue64

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 11.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.6
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #412D40

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #412D40.
12.54:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #412D40.
1.67:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #412D40 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#412D40
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2C3241
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#31343F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#422E34

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #412D40?

With the hex code #412D40, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 18% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 2% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #412D40?

Use white text. White on #412D40 has a contrast ratio of 12.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #412D40?

Its complementary colour is #2D412E, and analogous partners are #382D41 and #412D36.