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#4E353F

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E353F

#4E353F is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 19% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.8); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #354E44 — a dark teal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E353F for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.02:1).

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Red78
Green53
Blue63

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.2
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #4E353F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E353F.
11.02:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E353F.
1.90:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E353F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E353F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383A3F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3E3E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523438

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E353F?

#4E353F is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 19% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E353F?

Use white text. White on #4E353F has a contrast ratio of 11.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E353F?

Its complementary colour is #354E44, and analogous partners are #4E354C and #4E3835.