What is hex #422304 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a deep, muted shade. It is excellent for rich backgrounds, high-contrast typography, or sophisticated dark mode user interfaces.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 26% red, 14% green and 2% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (66,35,4).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 47%, 94%, 74%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #422304 features a hue of 30°, 94% saturation, and a brightness value of 26%.

Hex #422304 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #422304
RGB Values (66,35,4)
CMYK Values (0%, 47%, 94%, 74%)
HSV/HSB Values (30°, 94%, 26%)
Closest Web Safe
#333300
Inverse Color
#BDDCFB
Closest Pantone®
4975 C
Closest RAL
RAL 3007 [Black red]
Complementary Color
#042342

#422304 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#232323
Lightness (Desaturation)
#232323
Weighted (BT601)
#292929
Luma (BT709)
#272727

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #422304 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #422304

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #422304.

Contrast Ratio: 14.25:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Black Text on #422304

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #422304.

Contrast Ratio: 1.47:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Hex #422304 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #422304 is #042342. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #422304 you will find #042342. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#422304 #042342

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #422304 is composed with colors #420404 and #424204. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #422304 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#420404 #422304 #424204

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #422304 is composed with colors #040442 and #044242. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#422304 #040442 #044242

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #422304 is composed with colors #230442 and #044223. They are located to the right and left of your main color #422304 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#422304 #230442 #044223

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #422304 is composed with colors #044223, #042342 and #420423 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#422304 #044223 #042342 #420423

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #422304 is composed with colors #044204, #042342 and #420442 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#422304 #044204 #042342 #420442

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #422304

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #422304.

#422304 #552D05 #683706 #7B4107 #8E4B08 #A25609 #B5600A #C86A0C

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#422304 #3E2307 #3B230A #37230E #342311 #302315 #2D2318 #29231C

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#422304 #2E1802 #1B0E01 #080400 #000000

Hex #422304 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #422304
Java new Color(66,35,4);
Python Color(#422304)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 66,35,4);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.26, green: 0.14, blue: 0.02, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(66, 35, 4)