Onyx#353839

#353839 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.004 H 219.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Onyx — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#353839
RGB	rgb(53, 56, 57)
HSL	hsl(195, 4%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(195, 7%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 1.8%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, -1.04, -1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 1.49, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.82% -0.0035 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(33.82% 0.004 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6207, 3.8806, 4.4284)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#353839 #393635

analogous

#353938 #353839 #353639

triadic

#353839 #393538 #383935

tetradic

#353839 #383539 #393635 #363935

square

#353839 #383539 #393635 #363935

split-complementary

#353839 #393536 #393835

monochromatic

#0F1010 #181919 #353839 #525759 #707678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#353839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#353839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #353839

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##353839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##353839	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

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#6C6E6F

#7F8182

#939596

#A8A9AA

#BDBEBF

#D3D3D4

#E9E9E9

#FFFFFF

#363839

#363838

#373838

#373737

Palettes with this color

Neutral Color Palette

Wedding Color Palette

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #353839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 56, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.004 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c6e6f',
    500: '#353839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #353839;
$custom-light: #6c6e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#353839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 3.636,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33816,
    "c": 0.00449,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#353839

secondary

#676462

accent

#877BAD

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBEBEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#060707

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #353839

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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