#4E3B3B · near Taupe

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#4E3B3B (RGB 78, 59, 59) 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 #4E3B3B a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 37% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 18°.

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HEX#4E3B3B
RGBrgb(78, 59, 59)
HSLhsl(0, 14%, 27%)
CMYK0, 24, 24, 69
CSS var--taupe
Contrast10.43:1 white · 2.01:1 black

Similar named colors

Taupe #483C32Iron #3B3F42Walnut #5C4033Onyx #353839Graphite #4B4B4B

How to use #4E3B3B

White text passes WCAG AA on #4E3B3B (10.43:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4E3B3B with its analogous neighbors #4E3B45 and #4E453B; for contrast use its complement #3B4E4E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--taupe: #4E3B3B;

Color card

#4E3B3B hex color card: near Taupe, RGB 78, 59, 59
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Shades & tints

#100C0C#1F1818#2F2323#3E2F2F#4E3B3B#716262#958989#B8B1B1#DCD8D8

Color harmonies for #4E3B3B

Complementary

#4E3B3B#3B4E4E

Analogous

#4E3B3B#4E3B45#4E453B

Triadic

#4E3B3B#3B4E3B#3B3B4E

Split complementary

#4E3B3B#3B4E45#3B454E

Tetradic

#4E3B3B#454E3B#3B4E4E#453B4E

Palettes with #4E3B3B