Taupe color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around taupe. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Taupe is #483C32 — deep muted orange. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and taupe color palettes to copy.

Taupe hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#483C32
HEX
#483C32
RGB
rgb(72, 60, 50)
HSL
hsl(27, 18%, 24%)
OKLCH
oklch(36.6% 0.024 61.8)
On white
10.67:1
On black
1.97:1

Shades of taupe

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Taupe on white measures 10.67:1 and on black 1.97:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.31:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:brown, tan, sand, tuscan, clay, umber. See every shade on the colors index.