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#4E3541

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3541

#4E3541 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.2), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #354E42 (dark teal), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.00:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green53
Blue65

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.8
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #4E3541

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3541.
11.00:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3541.
1.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3541 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3541
Protanopia (no red cones)
#373A41
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3E40
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523439

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3541?

#4E3541 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 21% green and 25% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3541?

Use white text. White on #4E3541 has a contrast ratio of 11.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3541?

Its complementary colour is #354E42, and analogous partners are #4E354E and #4E3635.