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#4E3942

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3942

With the hex code #4E3942, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 15% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 8.3 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #394E45, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.56:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue66

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.5
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #4E3942

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3942.
10.56:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3942.
1.99:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3942 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3942
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3B3D42
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#404041
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51383C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3942?

With the hex code #4E3942, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 15% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3942?

Use white text. White on #4E3942 has a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3942?

Its complementary colour is #394E45, and analogous partners are #4E394D and #4E3A39.