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#433145

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #433145

#433145 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 19% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 10.8); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #334531 — a dark green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #433145 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.91:1).

Colour codes

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Red67
Green49
Blue69

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 10.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.4
Gunmetal
#2A3439 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #433145

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #433145.
11.91:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #433145.
1.76:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #433145 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#433145
Protanopia (no red cones)
#2F3646
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#333844
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#443338

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #433145?

#433145 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 26% red, 19% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #433145?

Use white text. White on #433145 has a contrast ratio of 11.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #433145?

Its complementary colour is #334531, and analogous partners are #393145 and #45313D.