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#4E3748

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3748

#4E3748 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 8% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.7), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #374E3D (hunter green), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.69:1).

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Red78
Green55
Blue72

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.2
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #4E3748

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3748.
10.69:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3748.
1.96:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3748 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3748
Protanopia (no red cones)
#373C49
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D3F47
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#50383D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3748?

#4E3748 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 29% magenta, 8% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3748?

Use white text. White on #4E3748 has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3748?

Its complementary colour is #374E3D, and analogous partners are #49374E and #4E373D.