#4E4C71
Eggplant · dark cool blue
About #4E4C71
With the hex code #4E4C71, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 30% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Prussian Blue — a ΔE of 18.2 — followed by Prussian Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6F714C, a mocha 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 — 8.09:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.09:1).
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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 #4E4C71?
With the hex code #4E4C71, this is a dark blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 30% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E4C71?
Use white text. White on #4E4C71 has a contrast ratio of 8.09:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E4C71?
Its complementary colour is #6F714C, and analogous partners are #4C5D71 and #604C71.