What color is #444B43?

#444B43 is a dark gray known as Ancient Pine. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Ancient Pine?

The RGB value is 68, 75, 67: 68 red, 75 green and 67 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Ancient Pine?

The complementary color is #4A434B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #444B43?

White text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 2.33:1 and white text 9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Ancient Pine color: hex code #444B43

#444B43 rgb(68, 75, 67)

Shades of gray

Ancient Pine has the hex code #444B43. It is a dark gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 26.7% red, 29.4% green and 26.3% blue (68, 75, 67).

Its hue angle is 113°, with 6% saturation and 28% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 71% black.

White text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9:1).

Ancient Pine (#444B43) color codes

HEX	`#444B43`
RGB	`rgb(68, 75, 67)`
RGB percent	`rgb(26.7%, 29.4%, 26.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(113, 6%, 28%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(113, 11%, 29%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(9%, 0%, 11%, 71%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(31.03, -4.62, 3.8)`
CIE LCH	`lch(31.03, 5.98, 140.53)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(5.913, 6.666, 6.284)`
Decimal	`4475715`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Ancient Pine, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #444B43	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

#444B43 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #444B43 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #444b43; }
.text { color: #444b43; }
.border { border: 2px solid #444b43; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(68 75 67 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #444b43, #434b46); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Onyx.

See #444B43 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #444B43?: #444B43 is a dark gray known as Ancient Pine. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Ancient Pine?: The RGB value is 68, 75, 67: 68 red, 75 green and 67 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Ancient Pine?: The complementary color is #4A434B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #444B43?: White text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 2.33:1 and white text 9:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.