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#4E3D43

Graphite · dark warm pink

About #4E3D43

#4E3D43 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 14% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Graphite (ΔE 9.6); Eggplant comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3D4E48 — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3D43 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.13:1).

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Red78
Green61
Blue67

Closest named colours

Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.6
Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 10.1
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #4E3D43

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on graphite #4E3D43.
10.13:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on graphite #4E3D43.
2.07:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3D43 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3D43
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3F4043
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#434343
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#513C3F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3D43?

#4E3D43 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 14% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3D43?

Use white text. White on #4E3D43 has a contrast ratio of 10.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3D43?

Its complementary colour is #3D4E48, and analogous partners are #4E3D4C and #4E403D.