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#424242 · Iron
Click to copy#424242 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Iron and near Iron and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #424242 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#424242RGB
rgb(66, 66, 66)HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 26%)CMYK
0, 0, 0, 74CSS var
--ironContrast
10.05:1 white · 2.09:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #424242
White text passes WCAG AA on #424242 (10.05:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #424242 with its analogous neighbors #424242 and #424242; for contrast use its complement #424242 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--iron: #424242;
$iron: #424242;
colors: { 'iron': '#424242' }