Photo in the color Outer Space
Pictured: Outer Space, the closest color we have a photo of (#414A4C)
rgb(68, 81, 85)
#445155

Descent Into the Catacombs #445155 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Descent Into the Catacombs (#445155) is a dark neutral gray. In RGB it is made of 27% red, 32% green and 33% blue (R 68, G 81, B 85). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 194°, 11% saturation and 30% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.078, so white text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 20% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 67% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

Open in color picker

Descent Into the Catacombs color codes

#445155 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #445155 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(68, 81, 85) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(194, 11%, 30%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(194, 20%, 33%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(194 27% 67%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(20%, 5%, 0%, 67%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(42.51% 0.0177 218.3) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(42.51% -0.0139 -0.011) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(33.43% -4.57 -4.17) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(33.43% 6.19 222.38) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.2765 0.3161 0.3312) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.0697 0.0777 0.0973) Valid CSS
Decimal 4477269 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.0777. Nearest web-safe color: #336666.

Mix Descent Into the Catacombs with other colors

See what #445155 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Descent Into the Catacombs in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

WhereCodeCopy
CSS variable--descent-into-the-catacombs: #445155;
Sass variable$descent-into-the-catacombs: #445155;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-descent-into-the-catacombs: #445155; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'descent-into-the-catacombs': '#445155' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.267, green: 0.318, blue: 0.333)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.267, green: 0.318, blue: 0.333, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="descent_into_the_catacombs">#FF445155</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF445155)

Accessibility and contrast

White text works best on #445155 (8.22:1, AAA). Here is how #445155 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
8.22:1 on white
APCA Lc 88
AAA
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2.55:1 on black
APCA Lc -14
Fails AATry #69777B

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Descent Into the Catacombs

#445155 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#445155 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Descent Into the Catacombs in a user interface

A sample app screen with #445155 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #445155 as it is. On the dark theme, #445155 is too hard to read as text (2.16:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #758387 there (4.53:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Descent Into the Catacombs

These schemes turn the hue of #445155 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Descent Into the Catacombs

Four CSS gradients made from #445155. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #D7DADB, #445155);

Edit in the gradient generator

Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #445155, #0C1011);

Edit in the gradient generator

Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #445551, #445155, #444955);

Edit in the gradient generator

Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #445155, #4D4B53, #554451);

Edit in the gradient generator

Shades, tints and tones of Descent Into the Catacombs

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Descent Into the Catacombs sits at step 700. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F2F8FA
  2. 100
    E7EEF0
  3. 200
    D3DDE0
  4. 300
    B7C3C7
  5. 400
    98A6AA
  6. 500
    7B898D
  7. 600
    616E73
  8. 700
    445155
  9. 800
    3A4447
  10. 900
    2A3234
  11. 950
    1A1E1F

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #445155 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of gray or search the color library.