#383840#383840

#383840 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.014 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383840
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 1.93, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 5.31, 291.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0037 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.014 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9703, 4.0392, 5.4200)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383840 #404038

analogous

#383C40 #383840 #3C3840

triadic

#383840 #403838 #384038

tetradic

#383840 #40383C #404038 #38403C

square

#383840 #40383C #404038 #38403C

split-complementary

#383840 #403C38 #3C4038

monochromatic

#0E0E10 #1B1B1F #383840 #555561 #717181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#383840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#383840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383840

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383840	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36393B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.014 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6e74',
    500: '#383840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383840;
$custom-light: #6e6e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34382,
    "c": 0.01385,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383840

secondary

#6F6F65

accent

#B078B0

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBEBED

border

#C6C6C8

text

#070708

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383840

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

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