#4A3F3C · near Taupe

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#4A3F3C (RGB 74, 63, 60) is a dark, nearly neutral gray, closest to Taupe and near Iron and Walnut. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #4A3F3C a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 36°.

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HEX#4A3F3C
RGBrgb(74, 63, 60)
HSLhsl(13, 10%, 26%)
CMYK0, 15, 19, 71
CSS var--taupe
Contrast10.16:1 white · 2.07:1 black

Similar named colors

Taupe #483C32Iron #3B3F42Walnut #5C4033Graphite #4B4B4BCharcoal #36454F

How to use #4A3F3C

White text passes WCAG AA on #4A3F3C (10.16:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4A3F3C with its analogous neighbors #493C3F and #49453C; for contrast use its complement #3C4649 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--taupe: #4A3F3C;

Color card

#4A3F3C hex color card: near Taupe, RGB 74, 63, 60
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Shades & tints

#0F0D0C#1E1918#2C2624#3B3230#4A3F3C#6E6563#928C8A#B7B2B1#DBD9D8

Color harmonies for #4A3F3C

Complementary

#4A3F3C#3C4649

Analogous

#4A3F3C#493C3F#49453C

Triadic

#4A3F3C#3C493F#3F3C49

Split complementary

#4A3F3C#3C4945#3C3F49

Tetradic

#4A3F3C#3F493C#3C4649#453C49

Palettes with #4A3F3C