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#4E333B

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E333B

#4E333B is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 23% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 24% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.8); Espresso comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #334E46 — a dark teal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E333B 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).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green51
Blue59

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.8
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 13.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #4E333B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E333B.
11.29:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E333B.
1.86:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E333B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E333B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#36383B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3C3A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523136

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E333B?

#4E333B is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 23% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 24% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E333B?

Use white text. White on #4E333B has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E333B?

Its complementary colour is #334E46, and analogous partners are #4E3349 and #4E3833.