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#040503 color: Black Metal

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90°
100%

OKLCH

11.1%
0.008
128°
  • ≈ Black
  • Black
  • Very dark
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • zinc-950
  • Black 98%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text20.42:1 · AALc -108
Black text1.03:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #040503

#040503 is a black color. In OKLCH it has 11.1% lightness, 0.008 chroma and a hue of 128°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 20.42:1 contrast and black text 1.03:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Black Metal (#060606). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is zinc-950.

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Lighter: #040503 mixed with white

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  2. 151713
  3. 2a2c28
  4. 41423f
  5. 595a58
  6. 727471
  7. 8d8e8c
  8. a8a9a7
  9. c4c5c4
  10. e1e2e1

Darker: #040503 mixed with black

  1. 040503
  2. 030402
  3. 020302
  4. 010201
  5. 010101
  6. 000100
  7. 000000
  8. 000000
  9. 000000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #040503 with less saturation

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  2. 040503
  3. 040503
  4. 040503
  5. 040504
  6. 040504
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