#4d4242

Color #4d4242

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.56 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4d4242

RGB

rgb(77, 66, 66)

HSL

hsl(0, 7.7%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 14.3%, 30.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 14.3%, 69.8%)

LAB

lab(29.08, 4.7, 1.74)

LCH

lch(29.08, 5.01, 20.32)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.0151, 17.72)

HWB

hwb(0, 25.9%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424d4d

Analogous

#4d4247

#4d4242

#4d4742

Triadic

#4d4242

#424d42

#42424d

Split-complementary

#4d4242

#424d47

#42474d

Tetradic

#4d4242

#4d4d42

#424d4d

#42424d

Square

#4d4242

#474d42

#424d4d

#47424d

Shades

Color #4d4242 mixed toward black.

#403737

#332c2c

#262121

#1a1616

#0d0b0b

Tints

Color #4d4242 mixed toward white.

#6e5e5e

#8e7b7b

#aa9c9c

#c7bdbd

#e3dede

Tones

Color #4d4242 mixed toward gray.

#4c4343

#4b4444

#4a4545

#494646

#484646

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484842 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#494a42 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#4c4242 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d4242;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d4242]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#4d4242 (#4d4242) is rgb(77, 66, 66) in RGB.

No, #4d4242 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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