All About Color Taupe

#483C32

A classic, warm grey-brown, versatile and timeless.

About Taupe

Taupe is a dark orange color with the hex code #483C32. In RGB it is red 72, green 60, blue 50; in HSL it is hue 27°, saturation 18%, lightness 24%; in CMYK it is 0%, 17%, 31%, 72%. Its contrast ratio is 10.67:1 on white and 1.97:1 on black.

#483C32 Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 3C, 32
CMYK0.00%, 16.67%, 30.56%, 71.76%
RGB Decimal72, 60, 50
HSL27°, 18%, 24%
RGB Octal110, 74, 62
HSV (HSB)27.27°, 30.56%, 28.24%
RGB Binary1001000, 111100, 110010
CIE-L*AB26.27, 3.42, 8.13
RGB Percent28.24%, 23.53%, 19.61%
CIE-L*CH26.27, 8.82, 67.18
XYZ4.86, 4.84, 3.70
CIE-L*UV26.27, 7.48, 8.06
xyY0.36, 0.36, 4.84
Hunter-Lab22.00, 0.97, 5.44
RYB28.24%, 26.80%, 19.61%

Color Accessibility Scores

#483C32 on a dark background: contrast 1.97:1, fails WCAG AA.
#483C32 on a light background: contrast 10.67:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Taupe, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Taupe. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#483C32 · #7E6958 · #120F0D · #323E48 · #586D7E

Analogous palette

#48323E · #483233 · #483C32 · #484732 · #3E4832

Triadic palette

#483C32 · #32483C · #3C3248 · #7E6958 · #587E69

Tetradic palette

#483C32 · #334832 · #323E48 · #473248 · #120F0D

Monochromatic palette

#0F0D0A · #1B1713 · #483C32 · #756252 · #9F8875

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