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#4E354E

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E354E

#4E354E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.5); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #354E35 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E354E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.81:1).

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Red78
Green53
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 19.7

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

Text on #4E354E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354E.
10.81:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E354E.
1.94:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E354E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E354E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#333B4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#393E4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50373E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E354E?

#4E354E is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 21% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E354E?

Use white text. White on #4E354E has a contrast ratio of 10.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E354E?

Its complementary colour is #354E35, and analogous partners are #42354E and #4E3542.