#4E394A
Eggplant · dark warm pink
About #4E394A
#4E394A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 5% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 6.9); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #394E3D — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E394A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.46:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E394A?
#4E394A is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 22% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 5% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #4E394A?
Use white text. White on #4E394A has a contrast ratio of 10.46:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E394A?
Its complementary colour is #394E3D, and analogous partners are #48394E and #4E393F.