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#4E3346

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3346

#4E3346 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 20% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.0), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #334E3B (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 11.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.14:1).

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Red78
Green51
Blue70

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 17.2
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 18.7

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

Text on #4E3346

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3346.
11.14:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3346.
1.89:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3346 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3346
Protanopia (no red cones)
#343947
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3A3D45
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51343A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3346?

#4E3346 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 20% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3346?

Use white text. White on #4E3346 has a contrast ratio of 11.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3346?

Its complementary colour is #334E3B, and analogous partners are #49334E and #4E3338.