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Tailwind stone-700

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, stone-700 is defined as oklch(37.4% 0.01 67.558); in hex that is #44403b, or rgb(68 64 59). White text on it reaches 10.28:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#44403bstone-700
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-stone-700), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(37.4% 0.01 67.558)
Hex#44403b
RGBrgb(68 64 59)
HSLhsl(33 7% 25%)
CSS variablevar(--color-stone-700)
Nearest CSS namedarkslategray #2f4f4f, 0.053 away in OKLab
White text10.28:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text2.04:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About stone-700

In OKLCH, stone-700 has a lightness of 37.4%, a chroma of 0.010 and a hue of 67.6 degrees, which makes it a dark warm gray. The step up to stone-600 is 7.0 points of lightness, and the step down to stone-800 10.6 points.

HSL calls its lightness 25%, OKLCH 37.4%: 12 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so stone-700 converts to #44403b without losing chroma.

For text, stone-700 wants white: 10.28:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 2.04:1 fails AA. White text passes on every stone shade from stone-500 down, so stone-700 is 2 shades past the line.

The nearest CSS named color, darkslategray (#2f4f4f), is 0.053 away in OKLab: related, but plainly a different color.

Tints and shades

  1. #dddcdc
  2. #bdbabb
  3. #9d999a
  4. #7f797b
  5. #615b5d
  6. #44403b
  7. #352f30
  8. #242021
  9. #151213
  10. #070606
  11. #010101

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #44403b
  2. #efeed2
  3. #ae7e9d
  4. #16201b
  5. #d1bbab

Locked as the first of five swatches, stone-700 gets #efeed2, #ae7e9d, #16201b, #d1bbab from Recolor's generator, a free palette, hues spread around the wheel. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using stone-700

Pair it with text-white, 10.28:1; stone-700 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-stone-700).

HTML
<a class="bg-stone-700 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-stone-700">Text in stone-700</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind stone-700?

Yes. White text measures 10.28:1 on stone-700, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind stone-700 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-stone-700: oklch(37.4% 0.01 67.558); #44403b is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind stone-700?

No. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2f4f4f), 0.053 away in OKLab.

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