Eggplant color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around eggplant. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

A deep purple with brown in it, the colour of the vegetable skin. Dark and warm, which separates it from a cool violet at the same lightness.

Eggplant hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#4B2E4A
HEX
#4B2E4A
RGB
rgb(75, 46, 74)
HSL
hsl(302, 24%, 24%)
OKLCH
oklch(34.8% 0.061 328.0)
On white
11.74:1
On black
1.79:1

Shades of eggplant

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Eggplant on white measures 11.74:1 and on black 1.79:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.42:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:purple, lavender, violet, lilac, plum, indigo. See every shade on the colors index.