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#4E3341

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3341

#4E3341 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.0); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #334E40 — a dark teal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3341 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.21:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green51
Blue65

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.2
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #4E3341

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3341.
11.21:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3341.
1.87:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3341 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3341
Protanopia (no red cones)
#353842
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3B3D40
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523338

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3341?

#4E3341 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3341?

Use white text. White on #4E3341 has a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3341?

Its complementary colour is #334E40, and analogous partners are #4E334E and #4E3333.