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Tailwind taupe-700

The hex code of Tailwind taupe-700 is #473c39 (rgb(71 60 57)), from its Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 value oklch(36.7% 0.016 35.7). White text on it reaches 10.64:1, passing WCAG AAA; below, Recolor (recolor.page) puts it on a page.

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#473c39taupe-700
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-taupe-700), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(36.7% 0.016 35.7)
Hex#473c39
RGBrgb(71 60 57)
HSLhsl(13 11% 25%)
CSS variablevar(--color-taupe-700)
Nearest CSS namedarkslategray #2f4f4f, 0.065 away in OKLab
White text10.64:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.97:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About taupe-700

Read as numbers, taupe-700 is lightness 36.7%, chroma 0.016 and hue 35.7 degrees; read by eye, it is a dark reddish gray. Its neighbors on the taupe scale are taupe-600, 7.1 points lighter, and taupe-800, 9.9 points darker.

HSL calls its lightness 25%, OKLCH 36.7%: 12 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. No gamut mapping is needed here: oklch(36.7% 0.016 35.7) sits inside sRGB and #473c39 matches it.

White on taupe-700 reads at 10.64:1, enough for AAA body text; black reaches 1.97:1 and should stay off it. White text passes on every taupe shade from taupe-500 down, so taupe-700 is 2 shades past the line.

The nearest CSS named color, darkslategray (#2f4f4f), is 0.065 away in OKLab: related, but plainly a different color.

Tints and shades

  1. #dedbdc
  2. #bdb9ba
  3. #9e9799
  4. #807779
  5. #62585b
  6. #473c39
  7. #352c2f
  8. #251e20
  9. #161112
  10. #080506
  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. #473c39
  2. #b3c7ee
  3. #111c09
  4. #d3696d
  5. #e3f0ff

Around taupe-700 as swatch 1, Recolor's generator made a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart: #b3c7ee, #111c09, #d3696d, #e3f0ff, drawn from a seed fixed by its hex. Open it in Recolor.

Using taupe-700

Pair it with text-white, 10.64:1; taupe-700 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-taupe-700).

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

Common questions

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

Yes. White text measures 10.64:1 on taupe-700, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind taupe-700 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-taupe-700: oklch(36.7% 0.016 35.7); #473c39 is its conversion to sRGB.

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

No. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2f4f4f), 0.065 away in OKLab.

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