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#413D4E

Charcoal · dark cool purple

About #413D4E

With the hex code #413D4E, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Charcoal — a ΔE of 9.3 — followed by Gunmetal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4A4E3D, a umber 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 10.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.49:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green61
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 9.3
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 11.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #413D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413D4E.
10.49:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #413D4E.
2.00:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #413D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#413D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#393F4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3A3F4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3F4043

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #413D4E?

With the hex code #413D4E, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #413D4E?

Use white text. White on #413D4E has a contrast ratio of 10.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #413D4E?

Its complementary colour is #4A4E3D, and analogous partners are #3D424E and #493D4E.