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#040608 color: Black Metal

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210°
100%

OKLCH

12%
0.008
243°
  • ≈ Black
  • Black
  • Very dark
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • zinc-950
  • Black 97%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text20.30:1 · AALc -108
Black text1.03:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #040608

#040608 is a black color. In OKLCH it has 12% lightness, 0.008 chroma and a hue of 243°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 20.3:1 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: #040608 mixed with white

  1. 040608
  2. 15181b
  3. 2a2d30
  4. 414446
  5. 595c5e
  6. 727576
  7. 8d8f90
  8. a8aaab
  9. c4c5c6
  10. e1e2e2

Darker: #040608 mixed with black

  1. 040608
  2. 030406
  3. 020304
  4. 010203
  5. 010102
  6. 000101
  7. 000001
  8. 000000
  9. 000000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #040608 with less saturation

  1. 040608
  2. 040608
  3. 040608
  4. 040607
  5. 050607
  6. 050607
  7. 050607
  8. 050606
  9. 050606
  10. 060606