#383E36#383E36

#383E36 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.016 H 137.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383E36
RGB	rgb(56, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(105, 7%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(105, 13%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, -4.34, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 5.95, 136.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% -0.0117 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.016 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0192, 4.5523, 4.1562)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383E36 #3C363E

analogous

#3C3E36 #383E36 #363E38

triadic

#383E36 #36383E #3E3638

tetradic

#383E36 #363C3E #3C363E #3E3836

square

#383E36 #363C3E #3C363E #3E3836

split-complementary

#383E36 #38363E #3E363C

monochromatic

#0F100E #1A1D1A #383E36 #565F52 #737F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#383E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#383E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383E36

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383E36	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.016 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e736d',
    500: '#383e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383e36;
$custom-light: #6e736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35548,
    "c": 0.01577,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383E36

secondary

#6A636D

accent

#78B0A2

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBECEB

border

#C6C7C6

text

#070807

muted

#7A7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #383E36

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

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