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#4E3543

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3543

With the hex code #4E3543, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 14% 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 6.8 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #354E40, a dark teal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.97:1).

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Red78
Green53
Blue67

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.5
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #4E3543

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3543.
10.97:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3543.
1.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3543 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3543
Protanopia (no red cones)
#373A44
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3C3E42
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51353A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3543?

With the hex code #4E3543, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 14% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3543?

Use white text. White on #4E3543 has a contrast ratio of 10.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3543?

Its complementary colour is #354E40, and analogous partners are #4D354E and #4E3536.