#4E404D
Eggplant · dark warm gray
About #4E404D
With the hex code #4E404D, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #404E41, 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 — 9.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.70:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #4E404D?
With the hex code #4E404D, this is a dark gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 30% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E404D?
Use white text. White on #4E404D has a contrast ratio of 9.70:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E404D?
Its complementary colour is #404E41, and analogous partners are #48404E and #4E4046.