#38403A#38403A

#38403A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.015 H 153.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38403A
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 58)
HSL	hsl(135, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(135, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, -4.72, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 5.36, 151.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% -0.0131 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.015 153.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2278, 4.8130, 4.7084)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38403A #40383E

analogous

#3A4038 #38403A #38403E

triadic

#38403A #3A3840 #403A38

tetradic

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

square

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

split-complementary

#38403A #3E3840 #40383A

monochromatic

#0E100F #1B1F1C #38403A #556158 #718175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#38403A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#38403A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38403A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38403A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38403A	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37403E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38403a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.015 153.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7470',
    500: '#38403a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38403a;
$custom-light: #6e7470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38403a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36201,
    "c": 0.01473,
    "h": 153.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38403A

secondary

#6F656C

accent

#78A2B0

background

#F6F7F6

surface

#EBEDEC

border

#C6C8C7

text

#070807

muted

#7A7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38403A

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

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