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#4E3D4E

Eggplant · dark warm pink

About #4E3D4E

#4E3D4E is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Eggplant (ΔE 7.8), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3D4E3D (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 9.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.99:1).

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Red78
Green61
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 7.8
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.0
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #4E3D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D4E.
9.99:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3D4E.
2.10:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C414F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#40434D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4F3E43

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3D4E?

#4E3D4E is a dark, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 24% green and 31% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3D4E?

Use white text. White on #4E3D4E has a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3D4E?

Its complementary colour is #3D4E3D, and analogous partners are #463D4E and #4E3D46.