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#4E3D49

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3D49

#4E3D49 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 6% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 8.2); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3D4E42 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E3D49 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.06:1).

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Red78
Green61
Blue73

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 11.6
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #4E3D49

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D49.
10.06:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D49.
2.09:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3D49 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3D49
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3D404A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#414348
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#503D41

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3D49?

#4E3D49 is a muted, dark shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 24% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 6% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3D49?

Use white text. White on #4E3D49 has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3D49?

Its complementary colour is #3D4E42, and analogous partners are #4B3D4E and #4E3D40.