#41423F

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(37.7% 0.005 121.7), rgb(65, 66, 63).

White text reads best on this color (10.11:1).

About this color

#41423F is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 38%, its chroma 0.005. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.011 away. White text reads best on it, at 10.11:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (38%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.005)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.07:1
White text	10.11:1

Values

HEX	#41423F
RGB	rgb(65, 66, 63)
HSL	hsl(80, 2%, 25%)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.005 121.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #41423F	10.11:1	AAA	Lc -97.6	Preferred for body text
Black text on #41423F	2.07:1	Fails	Lc 10.4	Not readable
#41423F text on white	10.11:1	AAA	Lc 93.5	Preferred for body text
#41423F text on black	2.07:1	Fails	Lc -9.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F5

oklch(97% 0 0)
Step 100
100

#EAEAE9

oklch(93.7% 0.001 106.4)
Step 200
200

#D9D9D8

oklch(88.5% 0.001 106.4)
Step 300
300

#C0C1BE

oklch(80.9% 0.004 121.6)
Step 400
400

#A0A19D

oklch(70.7% 0.006 118)
Step 500
500

#888A85

oklch(63% 0.008 124.5)
Step 600
600

#72746F

oklch(55.6% 0.008 124.6)
Step 700
700

#60615C

oklch(49% 0.008 115.9)
Step 800
800

#4E504C

oklch(42.8% 0.007 128.6)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#41423F

oklch(37.7% 0.005 121.7)
Step 950
950

#262725

oklch(27.1% 0.004 128.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#41423F with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#42423F	0.002
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#42423F	0.002
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#414241	0.003
Achromatopsia (no color)	#424242	0.006

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #41423F, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #41423F in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

Build a color system from this color Generate a palette