#383C38#383C38

#383C38 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.009 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383C38
RGB	rgb(56, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, -2.61, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 3.22, 144.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% -0.0072 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.009 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9604, 4.3580, 4.3731)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#383C38 #3C383C

analogous

#3A3C38 #383C38 #383C3A

triadic

#383C38 #38383C #3C3838

tetradic

#383C38 #383A3C #3C383C #3C3A38

square

#383C38 #383A3C #3C383C #3C3A38

split-complementary

#383C38 #3A383C #3C383A

monochromatic

#0F100F #1A1C1A #383C38 #565C56 #737B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#383C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#383C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383C38

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383C38	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.009 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e716e',
    500: '#383c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383c38;
$custom-light: #6e716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35094,
    "c": 0.0087,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383C38

secondary

#6A656A

accent

#7BADAD

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBECEB

border

#C6C7C6

text

#070707

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #383C38

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

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