#4E3540
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #4E3540
With the hex code #4E3540, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 18% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 7.5 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #354E43, a dark teal 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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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E3540?
With the hex code #4E3540, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 18% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E3540?
Use white text. White on #4E3540 has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E3540?
Its complementary colour is #354E43, and analogous partners are #4E354D and #4E3735.