#423742

Color #423742

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#423742

RGB

rgb(66, 55, 66)

HSL

hsl(300, 9.1%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 16.7%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(24.59, 7.21, -5)

LCH

lch(24.59, 8.77, 325.26)

OKLCH

oklch(35.3%, 0.024, 326.04)

HWB

hwb(300, 21.6%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#374237

Analogous

#3c3742

#423742

#42373c

Triadic

#423742

#424237

#374242

Split-complementary

#423742

#3c4237

#37423c

Tetradic

#423742

#423737

#374237

#374242

Square

#423742

#423c37

#374237

#373c42

Shades

Color #423742 mixed toward black.

#372e37

#2c252c

#211b21

#161216

#0b090b

Tints

Color #423742 mixed toward white.

#655465

#897289

#a795a7

#c4b8c4

#e2dce2

Tones

Color #423742 mixed toward gray.

#413841

#403940

#3f3a3f

#3e3b3e

#3d3c3d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.86:1

White text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3d40 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#3e3f3f · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#413e3d · ΔE 8.8

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 9.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #423742;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#423742]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#423742 (#423742) is rgb(66, 55, 66) in RGB.

No, #423742 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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