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#433142

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #433142

#433142 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 19% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 1% yellow and 74% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 10.6); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #314332 — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #433142 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.95:1).

Colour codes

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Red67
Green49
Blue66

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 10.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.8
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #433142

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #433142.
11.95:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #433142.
1.76:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #433142 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#433142
Protanopia (no red cones)
#303543
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#343841
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#443237

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #433142?

#433142 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 19% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 1% yellow and 74% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #433142?

Use white text. White on #433142 has a contrast ratio of 11.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #433142?

Its complementary colour is #314332, and analogous partners are #3B3143 and #433139.