#444139

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(37.6% 0.014 89.9), rgb(68, 65, 57).

White text reads best on this color (10.18:1).

About this color

#444139 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 38%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.019 away. White text reads best on it, at 10.18:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (38%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.06:1
White text	10.18:1

Values

HEX	#444139
RGB	rgb(68, 65, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 9%, 25%)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.014 89.9)

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 #444139	10.18:1	AAA	Lc -97.7	Preferred for body text
Black text on #444139	2.06:1	Fails	Lc 10.2	Not readable
#444139 text on white	10.18:1	AAA	Lc 93.7	Preferred for body text
#444139 text on black	2.06:1	Fails	Lc -8.8	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

#F6F5F4

oklch(97.1% 0.002 67.8)
Step 100
100

#EAEAE7

oklch(93.6% 0.004 106.5)
Step 200
200

#DAD9D5

oklch(88.5% 0.006 95.1)
Step 300
300

#C3C0B9

oklch(80.8% 0.01 87.5)
Step 400
400

#A4A095

oklch(70.6% 0.016 90.3)
Step 500
500

#8E897B

oklch(63% 0.021 90.6)
Step 600
600

#787364

oklch(55.6% 0.023 91.7)
Step 700
700

#656053

oklch(49% 0.021 89.5)
Step 800
800

#534F44

oklch(42.8% 0.018 90.4)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#444139

oklch(37.6% 0.014 89.9)
Step 950
950

#282622

oklch(26.9% 0.008 84.6)

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#444139 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)	#434139	0.002
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#444239	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#46403F	0.012
Achromatopsia (no color)	#414141	0.014

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 #444139, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #444139 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.

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