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#433B4E

Charcoal · dark cool purple

About #433B4E

With the hex code #433B4E, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 23% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 24% 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 11.5 — followed by Eggplant. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #464E3B, 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 10.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.64:1).

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Red67
Green59
Blue78

Closest named colours

Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 11.5
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 12.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #433B4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #433B4E.
10.64:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on charcoal #433B4E.
1.97:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #433B4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#433B4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383E4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#393E4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#413E41

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #433B4E?

With the hex code #433B4E, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 23% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #433B4E?

Use white text. White on #433B4E has a contrast ratio of 10.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #433B4E?

Its complementary colour is #464E3B, and analogous partners are #3B3D4E and #4D3B4E.