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#4E3946

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3946

#4E3946 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.2), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #394E41 (dark teal), 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 10.51:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.51:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue70

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #4E3946

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3946.
10.51:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3946.
2.00:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3946 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3946
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3A3D47
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3F4045
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#51393D

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3946?

#4E3946 is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3946?

Use white text. White on #4E3946 has a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3946?

Its complementary colour is #394E41, and analogous partners are #4C394E and #4E393B.