#494343

Color #494343

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#494343

RGB

rgb(73, 67, 67)

HSL

hsl(0, 4.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 8.2%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 8.2%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(29, 2.54, 0.92)

LCH

lch(29, 2.7, 19.91)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.0082, 17.77)

HWB

hwb(0, 26.3%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#434949

Analogous

#494346

#494343

#494643

Triadic

#494343

#434943

#434349

Split-complementary

#494343

#434946

#434649

Tetradic

#494343

#494943

#434949

#434349

Square

#494343

#464943

#434949

#464349

Shades

Color #494343 mixed toward black.

#3d3838

#312d2d

#252222

#181616

#0c0b0b

Tints

Color #494343 mixed toward white.

#696161

#897e7e

#a79f9f

#c4bfbf

#e2dfdf

Tones

Color #494343 mixed toward gray.

#494444

#484444

#484545

#474545

#474646

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464643 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#474743 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#494343 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494343;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494343]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#494343 (#494343) is rgb(73, 67, 67) in RGB.

No, #494343 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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