#4B4560 · Eggplant

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#4B4560 is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Eggplant and near Eggplant and Graphite. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 295°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #4B4560 a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#4B4560
RGBrgb(75, 69, 96)
HSLhsl(253, 16%, 32%)
CMYK22, 28, 0, 62
CSS var--eggplant
Contrast9.05:1 white · 2.32:1 black

Similar named colors

Eggplant #614051Graphite #4B4B4BCharcoal #36454FIron #3B3F42Charcoal Blue #2C3E50

How to use #4B4560

White text passes WCAG AA on #4B4560 (9.05:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4B4560 with its analogous neighbors #454C5F and #57455F; for contrast use its complement #595F45 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--eggplant: #4B4560;

Shades & tints

#0F0E13#1E1C26#2D293A#3C374D#4B4560#6F6A80#938FA0#B7B5BF#DBDADF

Color harmonies for #4B4560

Complementary

#4B4560#595F45

Analogous

#4B4560#454C5F#57455F

Triadic

#4B4560#5F4A45#455F4A

Split complementary

#4B4560#5F5745#4C5F45

Tetradic

#4B4560#5F454C#595F45#455F57

Palettes with #4B4560