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#4E3747

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3747

With the hex code #4E3747, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 9% 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 6.7 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #374E3E, a hunter green 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 — 10.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.71:1).

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Red78
Green55
Blue71

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.7
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #4E3747

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3747.
10.71:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3747.
1.96:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3747 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3747
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383C48
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3F46
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51383D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3747?

With the hex code #4E3747, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 9% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3747?

Use white text. White on #4E3747 has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3747?

Its complementary colour is #374E3E, and analogous partners are #4A374E and #4E373B.