#424046

Color #424046

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#424046

RGB

rgb(66, 64, 70)

HSL

hsl(260, 4.5%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 8.6%, 27.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 72.5%)

LAB

lab(27.48, 2.21, -3.34)

LCH

lch(27.48, 4, 303.49)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.0104, 301.25)

HWB

hwb(260, 25.1%, 72.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#444640

Analogous

#404146

#424046

#454046

Triadic

#424046

#464240

#404642

Split-complementary

#424046

#464540

#414640

Tetradic

#424046

#464044

#444640

#404642

Square

#424046

#464041

#444640

#404645

Shades

Color #424046 mixed toward black.

#37353a

#2c2b2f

#212023

#161517

#0b0b0c

Tints

Color #424046 mixed toward white.

#615e67

#807c87

#a09da5

#bfbec3

#dfdee1

Tones

Color #424046 mixed toward gray.

#424146

#424145

#434245

#434244

#434344

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.05:1

White text reads better on this background (10.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#414145 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#414144 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#424343 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 4.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #424046;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#424046]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#424046 (#424046) is rgb(66, 64, 70) in RGB.

No, #424046 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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