#3A3A42#3A3A42

#3A3A42 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.014 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A3A42
RGB	rgb(58, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 1.92, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 5.28, 291.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.0037 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.014 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2411, 4.3190, 5.7634)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A3A42 #42423A

analogous

#3A3E42 #3A3A42 #3E3A42

triadic

#3A3A42 #423A3A #3A423A

tetradic

#3A3A42 #423A3E #42423A #3A423E

square

#3A3A42 #423A3E #42423A #3A423E

split-complementary

#3A3A42 #423E3A #3E423A

monochromatic

#0E0E10 #1D1D21 #3A3A42 #575763 #737383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#3A3A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3A3A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A3A42

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A3A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A3A42	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a3a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.014 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707076',
    500: '#3a3a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a3a42;
$custom-light: #707076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a3a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35156,
    "c": 0.01377,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A3A42

secondary

#717167

accent

#B078B0

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECECED

border

#C7C7C8

text

#070708

muted

#7A7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A3A42

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

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