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#4E3948

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3948

With the hex code #4E3948, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 8% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Eggplant — a ΔE of 6.9 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #394E3F, a dark teal 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 10.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.49:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue72

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 6.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.8
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #4E3948

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3948.
10.49:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3948.
2.00:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3948 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3948
Protanopia (no red cones)
#393D49
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3E4047
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#503A3E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3948?

With the hex code #4E3948, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 8% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3948?

Use white text. White on #4E3948 has a contrast ratio of 10.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3948?

Its complementary colour is #394E3F, and analogous partners are #4A394E and #4E393E.