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#413449

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #413449

#413449 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 20% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 71% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 11.9), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3C4934 (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.59:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green52
Blue73

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 11.9
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.7
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #413449

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #413449.
11.59:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #413449.
1.81:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #413449 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#413449
Protanopia (no red cones)
#31384A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#343948
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#40373B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #413449?

#413449 is a dark, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 20% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 71% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #413449?

Use white text. White on #413449 has a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #413449?

Its complementary colour is #3C4934, and analogous partners are #363449 and #493447.