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#4C3C4E

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #4C3C4E

#4C3C4E is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 30% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.5), with Charcoal the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3E4E3C (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.18:1).

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Red76
Green60
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #4C3C4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4C3C4E.
10.18:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4C3C4E.
2.06:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4C3C4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4C3C4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3A404F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3E424D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D3E42

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4C3C4E?

#4C3C4E is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 30% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 23% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4C3C4E?

Use white text. White on #4C3C4E has a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4C3C4E?

Its complementary colour is #3E4E3C, and analogous partners are #433C4E and #4E3C47.