#38403C#38403C

#38403C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.013 H 164.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38403C
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(150, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(150, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, -4.26, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 4.46, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% -0.0121 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.013 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2797, 4.8337, 4.9816)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38403C #40383C

analogous

#384038 #38403C #384040

triadic

#38403C #3C3840 #403C38

tetradic

#38403C #383840 #40383C #404038

square

#38403C #383840 #40383C #404038

split-complementary

#38403C #403840 #403838

monochromatic

#0E100F #1B1F1D #38403C #55615B #718179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#38403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#38403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38403C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38403C	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37403F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.013 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7471',
    500: '#38403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38403c;
$custom-light: #6e7471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3627,
    "c": 0.01262,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38403C

secondary

#6F656A

accent

#7894B0

background

#F6F7F6

surface

#EBEDEC

border

#C6C8C7

text

#070807

muted

#7A7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38403C

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

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