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#4E354C

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E354C

With the hex code #4E354C, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 3% 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 7.8 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #354E37, a hunter green 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 10.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.84:1).

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Red78
Green53
Blue76

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 18.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 19.1

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

Text on #4E354C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354C.
10.84:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354C.
1.94:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E354C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E354C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#343B4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3A3E4B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50373D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E354C?

With the hex code #4E354C, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 21% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 3% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E354C?

Use white text. White on #4E354C has a contrast ratio of 10.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E354C?

Its complementary colour is #354E37, and analogous partners are #43354E and #4E3540.