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#4E393F

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E393F

With the hex code #4E393F, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 19% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.5 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #394E48, 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 — 10.60:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.60:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue63

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.5
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 10.8
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #4E393F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E393F.
10.60:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E393F.
1.98:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E393F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E393F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C3C3F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#40403F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#52383B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E393F?

With the hex code #4E393F, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 19% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E393F?

Use white text. White on #4E393F has a contrast ratio of 10.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E393F?

Its complementary colour is #394E48, and analogous partners are #4E394A and #4E3E39.