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#4C3D4E

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #4C3D4E

#4C3D4E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 30% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.7); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3F4E3D — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4C3D4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.07:1).

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Red76
Green61
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.7
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #4C3D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4C3D4E.
10.07:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4C3D4E.
2.08:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4C3D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4C3D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C414F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3F424D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D3F43

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4C3D4E?

#4C3D4E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 30% red, 24% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4C3D4E?

Use white text. White on #4C3D4E has a contrast ratio of 10.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4C3D4E?

Its complementary colour is #3F4E3D, and analogous partners are #443D4E and #4E3D47.