#440430

sRGB · 68 / 4 / 48

#440430 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 68 red, 4 green and 48 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 318.8° lands in the rose region. Its 88.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 14.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.08:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 68, 4, 48
HSL: 318.75°, 88.89%, 14.12%
HSV / HSB: 318.75°, 94.12%, 26.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 94.12%, 29.41%, 73.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 2.961, 1.529, 2.936
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 12.794, 33.212, -10.323
WCAG relative luminance: 0.01529
24-bit decimal: 4457520

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #440430 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.31:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 16.08:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#044418 sits half a turn (180°) from #440430 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#440430 #044418

Analogous

#380444 and #440410 sit 30° to either side of #440430. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#380444 #440430 #440410

Triadic

#440430, #304404 and #043044 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#440430 #304404 #043044

Split complementary

Start at #440430 and look across the wheel. #104404 and #044438 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#440430 #104404 #044438

Square

Starting with #440430, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #443804, #044418, then #041044. Across the square, #440430 pairs with #044418, and #443804 with #041044.

#440430 #443804 #044418 #041044

Tetradic

#440430 and #044418 are opposites, as are #441804 and #043044. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#440430 #441804 #044418 #043044

Tints

Mixing #440430 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #693659, keeps 80% of the original. By #DACDD6, the mixture is 80% white.

#440430 #693659 #8F6883 #B49BAC #DACDD6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #440430 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #360326, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E010A, the mixture is 80% black.

#440430 #360326 #29021D #1B0213 #0E010A #000000

Tones

Mixing #440430 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #501D40, keeps 80% of the original. By #746770, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#440430 #501D40 #5C3650 #684E60 #746770 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#440430

RGB

rgb(68 4 48)

HSL

hsl(318.750 88.889% 14.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #440430;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#440430 uses 68 red, 4 green and 48 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 26.7%

Green 1.6%

Blue 18.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #440430 is 0.0% cyan, 94.1% magenta, 29.4% yellow and 73.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 94.1%

Yellow 29.4%

Black 73.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #440033. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #403 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #440430 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #440033 Nearest web-safe · #330033

Gradient to complement

#440430 #390F2C #2F1928 #242424 #192F20 #0F391C #044418

Color vision previews

Compare how #440430 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0D1A31

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#21252F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#49031A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2A1630

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2E1D2F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#44072A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#212121

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#361629

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.05781 G 0.00121 B 0.02956

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.24207 G 0.03996 B 0.18277

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04776 G 0.00309 B 0.02799

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.399 y 0.206 Y 1.529

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 73.333 M % 98.431 Y % 81.176

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000100 00000100 00110000