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#463547

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #463547

#463547 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 21% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 72% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 9.7); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #364735 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #463547 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.29:1).

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Red70
Green53
Blue71

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #463547

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #463547.
11.29:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #463547.
1.86:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #463547 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#463547
Protanopia (no red cones)
#343948
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#373B46
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#47373B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #463547?

#463547 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 21% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 72% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #463547?

Use white text. White on #463547 has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #463547?

Its complementary colour is #364735, and analogous partners are #3D3547 and #47353F.