#4E354B
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #4E354B
#4E354B is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 4% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.5); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #354E38 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E354B for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.85:1).
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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 #4E354B?
#4E354B is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 4% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #4E354B?
Use white text. White on #4E354B has a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E354B?
Its complementary colour is #354E38, and analogous partners are #45354E and #4E353E.