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#4E3F4E

Eggplant · dark warm gray

About #4E3F4E

With the hex code #4E3F4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 8.4 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3F4E3F, a graphite shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.79:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.79:1).

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Red78
Green63
Blue78

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 8.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 12.8
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #4E3F4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3F4E.
9.79:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4E3F4E.
2.14:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E3F4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E3F4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3E434F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#41444D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4F4044

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E3F4E?

With the hex code #4E3F4E, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E3F4E?

Use white text. White on #4E3F4E has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E3F4E?

Its complementary colour is #3F4E3F, and analogous partners are #473F4E and #4E3F47.