#3E3438#3E3438

#3E3438 is a dark, near-neutral pink. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.016 H 351.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3438
RGB	rgb(62, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(336, 9%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(336, 16%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 9.7%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 5.28, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 5.35, 350.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0155 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.016 351.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9283, 3.7657, 4.2605)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3438 #343E3A

analogous

#3E343D #3E3438 #3E3534

triadic

#3E3438 #383E34 #34383E

tetradic

#3E3438 #3D3E34 #343E3A #35343E

square

#3E3438 #3D3E34 #343E3A #35343E

split-complementary

#3E3438 #343E35 #343D3E

monochromatic

#110E0F #1D181A #3E3438 #5F5056 #816C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#3E3438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#3E3438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3438

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3438	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.016 351.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736b6e',
    500: '#3e3438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3438;
$custom-light: #736b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33719,
    "c": 0.0157,
    "h": 351.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3438

secondary

#616D68

accent

#B29A76

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#080607

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3438

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

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