#4C455E
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #4C455E
#4C455E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 30% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 12.6); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #575E45 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4C455E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.05:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4C455E?
#4C455E is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 30% red, 27% green and 37% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 27% magenta, 0% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4C455E?
Use white text. White on #4C455E has a contrast ratio of 9.05:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4C455E?
Its complementary colour is #575E45, and analogous partners are #454B5E and #58455E.