#44232FCastro (#44232F) is a very dark, muted pink with an OKLCH hue of 357°, lightness 0.3 and chroma 0.053. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #44232F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(68, 35, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(338, 32%, 20%) |
| HSV | hsv(338, 49%, 27%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 49%, 31%, 73%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(18.5 17.5 -1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.304 0.053 357) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Castro shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward purple. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#45222b — ΔE 0.7, shifts subtly: leans toward red#46232e — ΔE 0.5, shifts subtly: leans toward red#44232f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#442330 — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: leans toward purpleTest Castro in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 13.75:1 and against black 1.53:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#b69ba3 · #92747e · #6f505a · #44232f · #2c0f1a · #0c0003
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#6b423b · #5c2e34 · #44232f · #35102a · #200622 · #0d0117
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b69989 · #a07382 · #87573d · #5a4337 · #44232f · #2c0717
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#8ed5c4 · #7d616a · #56474c · #44232f · #230c15 · #060102
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ebf4f2 · #bdb1b5 · #767d7b · #4f4246 · #44232f · #141b19
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#feedf2 · #d7c3c9 · #ad969d · #44232f · #110005 · #e55090
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#feedf2 · #d7c3c9 · #ad969d · #44232f · #110005 · #ddc44e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d3dbb6 · #c9a9cb · #449473 · #405540 · #44232f · #230604
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e3f7f2 · #9cc09f · #3d8892 · #2d5032 · #44232f · #001e22
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f0f4e3 · #b1ba8f · #4e82a2 · #204b64 · #44232f · #181c06
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f8f1e1 · #c5b389 · #448a7b · #374569 · #44232f · #021f19
#61414C · #7F616B · #9D838B · #BDA7AD · #DDCBD1
#3B1D28 · #321721 · #29111A · #200C13 · #18070D
#40262F · #3C292F · #372B2F
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.