#383E42#383E42

#383E42 is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.011 H 236.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#383E42
RGB	rgb(56, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(204, 8%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(204, 15%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, -1.51, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 3.63, 245.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% -0.0058 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.011 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3366, 4.6793, 5.8279)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#383E42 #423C38

analogous

#384241 #383E42 #383942

triadic

#383E42 #42383E #3E4238

tetradic

#383E42 #413842 #423C38 #394238

square

#383E42 #413842 #423C38 #394238

split-complementary

#383E42 #423839 #424138

monochromatic

#0E1011 #1C1F21 #383E42 #545D63 #707C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#383E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#383E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #383E42

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##383E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##383E42	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #383e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.011 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7376',
    500: '#383e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #383e42;
$custom-light: #6e7376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#383e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35976,
    "c": 0.01063,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#383E42

secondary

#716A65

accent

#8E77B1

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECECED

border

#C7C7C8

text

#070808

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #383E42

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

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