#4e3e42

Color #4e3e42

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.67 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-700 #473c39 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e3e42

RGB

rgb(78, 62, 66)

HSL

hsl(345, 11.4%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(345, 20.5%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 15.4%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(28, 7.72, 0.19)

LCH

lch(28, 7.72, 1.41)

OKLCH

oklch(38.2%, 0.0231, 1.49)

HWB

hwb(345, 24.3%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e4e4a

Analogous

#4e3e4a

#4e3e42

#4e423e

Triadic

#4e3e42

#424e3e

#3e424e

Split-complementary

#4e3e42

#3e4e42

#3e4a4e

Tetradic

#4e3e42

#4e4a3e

#3e4e4a

#3e424e

Square

#4e3e42

#4a4e3e

#3e4e4a

#423e4e

Shades

Color #4e3e42 mixed toward black.

#413437

#34292c

#271f21

#1a1516

#0d0a0b

Tints

Color #4e3e42 mixed toward white.

#70595f

#92767d

#ad989d

#c8babe

#e4ddde

Tones

Color #4e3e42 mixed toward gray.

#4d3f43

#4b4143

#4a4244

#494345

#474545

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.09:1

White text reads better on this background (10.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484741 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#484a41 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#4d4040 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e3e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e3e42]

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Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#4e3e42 (#4e3e42) is rgb(78, 62, 66) in RGB.

No, #4e3e42 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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