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#4E334E

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E334E

With the hex code #4E334E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 20% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Aubergine. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #334E33, a hunter green shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.01:1).

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Red78
Green51
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.4
Aubergine
#3D0734 · ΔE 19.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 21.0

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

Text on #4E334E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E334E.
11.01:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E334E.
1.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E334E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E334E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#313A4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#383D4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50353D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E334E?

With the hex code #4E334E, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 20% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E334E?

Use white text. White on #4E334E has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E334E?

Its complementary colour is #334E33, and analogous partners are #41334E and #4E3341.