ColorXprez

#4E354D

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E354D

#4E354D is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 21% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.2), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #354E36 (hunter green), 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 — 10.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.82:1).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red78
Green53
Blue77

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #4E354D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354D.
10.82:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354D.
1.94:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E354D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E354D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#343B4E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3A3E4C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50373E

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E354D?

#4E354D is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 21% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E354D?

Use white text. White on #4E354D has a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E354D?

Its complementary colour is #354E36, and analogous partners are #43354E and #4E3541.