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#4E3746

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3746

#4E3746 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.7); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #374E3F — a dark teal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3746 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.72:1).

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Red78
Green55
Blue70

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #4E3746

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3746.
10.72:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3746.
1.96:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3746 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3746
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383C47
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3F45
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51373C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3746?

#4E3746 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3746?

Use white text. White on #4E3746 has a contrast ratio of 10.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3746?

Its complementary colour is #374E3F, and analogous partners are #4A374E and #4E373B.