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#4E3941

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3941

#4E3941 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.6); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #394E46 — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3941 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.58:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue65

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.3
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #4E3941

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3941.
10.58:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3941.
1.99:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3941 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3941
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3B3D41
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#404041
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51383C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3941?

#4E3941 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 17% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3941?

Use white text. White on #4E3941 has a contrast ratio of 10.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3941?

Its complementary colour is #394E46, and analogous partners are #4E394C and #4E3B39.