#38383E#38383E

#38383E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.010 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38383E
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 1.43, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 3.98, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.3% 0.0028 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(34.3% 0.01 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9144, 4.0169, 5.1256)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38383E #3E3E38

analogous

#383B3E #38383E #3B383E

triadic

#38383E #3E3838 #383E38

tetradic

#38383E #3E383B #3E3E38 #383E3B

square

#38383E #3E383B #3E3E38 #383E3B

split-complementary

#38383E #3E3B38 #3B3E38

monochromatic

#0F0F10 #1B1B1E #38383E #55555E #72727E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#38383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#38383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38383E

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38383E	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37393E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37383E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37393A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.010 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6e73',
    500: '#38383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38383e;
$custom-light: #6e6e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.343,
    "c": 0.01037,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38383E

secondary

#6D6D65

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBEBEC

border

#C6C6C7

text

#070708

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38383E

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

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