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#4E334A

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E334A

#4E334A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 5% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.9); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #334E37 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E334A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.07:1).

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Red78
Green51
Blue74

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 20.1

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

Text on #4E334A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E334A.
11.07:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E334A.
1.90:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E334A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E334A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#32394B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#393D49
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50343B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E334A?

#4E334A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 20% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 5% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E334A?

Use white text. White on #4E334A has a contrast ratio of 11.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E334A?

Its complementary colour is #334E37, and analogous partners are #45334E and #4E333C.