#443240Voodoo (#443240) is a very dark, muted magenta with an OKLCH hue of 334°, lightness 0.34 and chroma 0.034. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #443240 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(68, 50, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(313, 15%, 23%) |
| HSV | hsv(313, 26%, 27%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26%, 6%, 73%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(23.3 10.9 -5.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.343 0.034 334) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Voodoo shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward purple. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#46303b — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#46323f — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward pink#443240 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#443241 — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: leans toward purpleTest Voodoo 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 11.82:1 and against black 1.78:1, 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.
#a495a0 · #7f6f7b · #5d4b59 · #443240 · #1c0e19 · #030002
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.
#754b53 · #63394d · #443240 · #381d3f · #211233 · #0d0825
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.
#c5a29e · #a4809c · #965e58 · #674c48 · #443240 · #31122c
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.
#9ed3ae · #846d7e · #5e525b · #443240 · #291625 · #0c030a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#edf4ef · #bfb5bd · #7f8480 · #574d55 · #443240 · #1e2420
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.
#f8eff5 · #d0c5cd · #a398a0 · #443240 · #080106 · #db69c7
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#f8eff5 · #d0c5cd · #a398a0 · #443240 · #080106 · #e0c34d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e7f7eb · #9bc5a8 · #5e906e · #325b41 · #443240 · #2d1b2a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e7f7eb · #b0c096 · #489288 · #49572e · #443240 · #082824
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f6f2e1 · #c5b98d · #478e9e · #1d5966 · #443240 · #28220b
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#fdefe3 · #d4b191 · #5e906e · #305471 · #443240 · #13281a
#5F4E5B · #7C6D78 · #9A8C97 · #B9ADB6 · #D9CFD6
#3A2A36 · #30222D · #261A24 · #1D121B · #140B12
#42333E · #3F353D · #3D363B
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.