#383E38#383E38

#383E38 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.013 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383E38
RGB	rgb(56, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(120, 10%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 9.7%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, -3.90, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 4.82, 143.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% -0.0107 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.013 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0672, 4.5715, 4.4087)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383E38 #3E383E

analogous

#3B3E38 #383E38 #383E3B

triadic

#383E38 #38383E #3E3838

tetradic

#383E38 #383B3E #3E383E #3E3B38

square

#383E38 #383B3E #3E383E #3E3B38

split-complementary

#383E38 #3B383E #3E383B

monochromatic

#0F100F #1B1E1B #383E38 #555E55 #727E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#383E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#383E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383E38

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383E38	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.013 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e736e',
    500: '#383e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383e38;
$custom-light: #6e736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35613,
    "c": 0.01299,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383E38

secondary

#6D656D

accent

#7AAEAE

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#EBECEB

border

#C6C7C6

text

#070807

muted

#7A7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #383E38

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

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