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#4E394C

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E394C

#4E394C is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 3% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.1), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #394E3B (hunter green), 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 10.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.43:1).

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Red78
Green57
Blue76

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.7
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #4E394C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E394C.
10.43:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E394C.
2.01:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E394C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E394C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#383E4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3D414B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#503A40

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E394C?

#4E394C is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 22% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 3% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E394C?

Use white text. White on #4E394C has a contrast ratio of 10.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E394C?

Its complementary colour is #394E3B, and analogous partners are #46394E and #4E3941.