#3E303E#3E303E

#3E303E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.031 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E303E
RGB	rgb(62, 48, 62)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 23%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 9.31, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 11.30, 325.52°)
OKLab	oklab(33.03% 0.0257 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(33.03% 0.031 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9130, 3.4859, 5.0232)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E303E #303E30

analogous

#37303E #3E303E #3E3037

triadic

#3E303E #3E3E30 #303E3E

tetradic

#3E303E #3E3730 #303E30 #30373E

square

#3E303E #3E3730 #303E30 #30373E

split-complementary

#3E303E #373E30 #303E37

monochromatic

#110D11 #1C151C #3E303E #604B60 #836583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#3E303E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3E303E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E303E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E303E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E303E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F333F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32353D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e303e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 48, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.031 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736873',
    500: '#3e303e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e303e;
$custom-light: #736873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e303e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33027,
    "c": 0.03089,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E303E

secondary

#5C6E5C

accent

#B67272

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDEBEC

border

#C8C6C7

text

#080608

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E303E

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

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