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#4E3E4F

Eggplant · dark cool pink

About #4E3E4F

With the hex code #4E3E4F, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 8.1 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3F4F3E, a graphite shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.88:1).

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Red78
Green62
Blue79

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.1
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 13.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #4E3E4F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3E4F.
9.88:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3E4F.
2.13:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3E4F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3E4F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3D4250
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#40444E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4F3F44

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3E4F?

With the hex code #4E3E4F, this is a dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 24% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 1% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3E4F?

Use white text. White on #4E3E4F has a contrast ratio of 9.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3E4F?

Its complementary colour is #3F4F3E, and analogous partners are #463E4F and #4F3E48.