#38403E#38403E

#38403E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.011 H 179.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38403E
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 62)
HSL	hsl(165, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(165, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, -3.78, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 3.78, 178.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% -0.0111 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.011 179)
XYZ	xyz(4.3336, 4.8553, 5.2653)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38403E #40383A

analogous

#38403A #38403E #383E40

triadic

#38403E #3E3840 #403E38

tetradic

#38403E #3A3840 #40383A #3E4038

square

#38403E #3A3840 #40383A #3E4038

split-complementary

#38403E #40383E #403A38

monochromatic

#0E1010 #1B1F1E #38403E #55615E #71817D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#38403E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#38403E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38403E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38403E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38403E	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36403F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38403e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.011 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7473',
    500: '#38403e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38403e;
$custom-light: #6e7473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38403e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3634,
    "c": 0.01115,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.04855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38403E

secondary

#6F6567

accent

#7886B0

background

#F6F7F6

surface

#EBEDEC

border

#C6C8C7

text

#070808

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #38403E

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

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