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#4E373B

Eggplant · dark warm red

About #4E373B

With the hex code #4E373B, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 23% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 24% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #374E4A, a charcoal 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 — 10.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.86:1).

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Red78
Green55
Blue59

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 10.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.3
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #4E373B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E373B.
10.86:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E373B.
1.93:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E373B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E373B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3A3B3B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#403F3B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523538

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E373B?

With the hex code #4E373B, this is a dark red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 23% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 24% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E373B?

Use white text. White on #4E373B has a contrast ratio of 10.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E373B?

Its complementary colour is #374E4A, and analogous partners are #4E3747 and #4E3F37.