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#4F415D

Eggplant · dark cool purple

About #4F415D

With the hex code #4F415D, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eggplant — a ΔE of 11.3 — followed by Charcoal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4F5D41, a hunter green 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 — 9.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.35:1).

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Red79
Green65
Blue93

Closest named colours

Eggplant
#614051 · ΔE 11.3
Charcoal
#36454F · ΔE 16.8
Prussian Blue
#003153 · ΔE 19.6

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

Text on #4F415D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4F415D.
9.35:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on eggplant #4F415D.
2.25:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4F415D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4F415D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3C465E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3F475C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D454B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4F415D?

With the hex code #4F415D, this is a dark purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 25% green and 36% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4F415D?

Use white text. White on #4F415D has a contrast ratio of 9.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4F415D?

Its complementary colour is #4F5D41, and analogous partners are #41415D and #5D415D.