#383A40#383A40

#383A40 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.011 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383A40
RGB	rgb(56, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(225, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 0.60, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 4.04, 278.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0002 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.011 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0692, 4.2370, 5.4529)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383A40 #403E38

analogous

#383E40 #383A40 #3A3840

triadic

#383A40 #40383A #3A4038

tetradic

#383A40 #40383E #403E38 #38403A

square

#383A40 #40383E #403E38 #38403A

split-complementary

#383A40 #403A38 #3E4038

monochromatic

#0E0F10 #1B1C1F #383A40 #555861 #717581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#383A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#383A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383A40

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383A40	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.011 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7074',
    500: '#383a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383a40;
$custom-light: #6e7074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34882,
    "c": 0.01075,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383A40

secondary

#6F6C65

accent

#A278B0

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#EBECED

border

#C6C7C8

text

#070708

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383A40

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

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