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#4E3D46

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3D46

#4E3D46 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 9.0); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3D4E45 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3D46 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.10:1).

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Red78
Green61
Blue70

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 9.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 10.5
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #4E3D46

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D46.
10.10:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D46.
2.08:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3D46 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3D46
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3E4046
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#424346
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#503D40

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3D46?

#4E3D46 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 10% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3D46?

Use white text. White on #4E3D46 has a contrast ratio of 10.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3D46?

Its complementary colour is #3D4E45, and analogous partners are #4E3D4E and #4E3D3E.