#454040

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(37.6% 0.007 17.5), rgb(69, 64, 64).

White text reads best on this color (10.19:1).

About this color

#454040 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 38%, its chroma 0.007. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.015 away. White text reads best on it, at 10.19:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (38%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.06:1
White text	10.19:1

Values

HEX	#454040
RGB	rgb(69, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 26%)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.007 17.5)

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 #454040	10.19:1	AAA	Lc -97.7	Preferred for body text
Black text on #454040	2.06:1	Fails	Lc 10.2	Not readable
#454040 text on white	10.19:1	AAA	Lc 93.7	Preferred for body text
#454040 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

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8D8

oklch(88.5% 0.003 17.2)
Step 300
300

#C4BFBF

oklch(80.9% 0.006 17.3)
Step 400
400

#A69F9F

oklch(70.8% 0.008 17.3)
Step 500
500

#908787

oklch(63.1% 0.011 17.4)
Step 600
600

#7A7171

oklch(55.7% 0.011 17.5)
Step 700
700

#675E5E

oklch(49% 0.012 17.6)
Step 800
800

#544D4D

oklch(42.7% 0.009 17.5)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#454040

oklch(37.6% 0.007 17.5)
Step 950
950

#282626

oklch(27.1% 0.003 17.3)

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#454040 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)	#414140	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#424140	0.006
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#464040	0.002
Achromatopsia (no color)	#414141	0.007

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 #454040, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #454040 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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