#4E4559
Eggplant · dark cool purple
About #4E4559
#4E4559 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 27% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 10.9); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #505945 — a umber tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E4559 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.05:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E4559?
#4E4559 is a muted, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 27% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 22% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E4559?
Use white text. White on #4E4559 has a contrast ratio of 9.05:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E4559?
Its complementary colour is #505945, and analogous partners are #454659 and #584559.