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#4B3C4E

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #4B3C4E

With the hex code #4B3C4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 8.9 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3F4E3C, a hunter green 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 10.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.22:1).

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Red75
Green60
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.9
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #4B3C4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4B3C4E.
10.22:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4B3C4E.
2.06:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4B3C4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4B3C4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3A404F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D424D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4B3E42

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4B3C4E?

With the hex code #4B3C4E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 29% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4B3C4E?

Use white text. White on #4B3C4E has a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4B3C4E?

Its complementary colour is #3F4E3C, and analogous partners are #423C4E and #4E3C48.