Information about Charade color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted neutral grey, #394043 stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Mirage (#373F43). Slightly further away sit Charcoal Grey (#3C4142) and Mine Shaft (#373E41).
The recipe behind #394043 is rgb(57, 64, 67), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #394043: 10.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:74), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. The name "Charade" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Charade color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Charade color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Charade color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Charade color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Charade color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Charade color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Charade color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Charade
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#373F43
#3C4142
#373E41
#364141
#3C3F46
#3D4040
#394541
#3E4145
#3B4248
#3C4543
#394149
#3E4147
Charade color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#394043
- RGB57, 64, 67
- CMYK4, 1, 0, 74
- CSSrgb(57, 64, 67)
- HSL198°, 8%, 24%
- HSL Precise198°, 8.065%, 24.314%
- HSV198°, 15%, 26%
- HSB198°, 15%, 26%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.251
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.263
- GLSLvec3(0.224, 0.251, 0.263)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.224, 0.251, 0.263, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.224, 0.251, 0.263)
- Percentage of Red in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB25.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB26.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID394043
- DECIMAL ID3752003
- Name Length7
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- Counting from2025-01-01
