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#41334E

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #41334E

#41334E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 13.3); Prussian Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #404E33 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #41334E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.61:1).

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Red65
Green51
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 13.3
Prussian Blue
#003153 · ΔE 17.3
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #41334E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #41334E.
11.61:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #41334E.
1.81:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #41334E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#41334E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2E384F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#31394D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3F373D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #41334E?

#41334E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #41334E?

Use white text. White on #41334E has a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #41334E?

Its complementary colour is #404E33, and analogous partners are #33334E and #4E334E.