#3E343E#3E343E

#3E343E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.022 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E343E
RGB	rgb(62, 52, 62)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 6.62, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 8.06, 325.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.0182 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.022 326)
XYZ	xyz(4.0840, 3.8280, 5.0802)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E343E #343E34

analogous

#39343E #3E343E #3E3439

triadic

#3E343E #3E3E34 #343E3E

tetradic

#3E343E #3E3934 #343E34 #34393E

square

#3E343E #3E3934 #343E34 #34393E

split-complementary

#3E343E #393E34 #343E39

monochromatic

#110E11 #1D181D #3E343E #5F505F #816C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#3E343E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3E343E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E343E

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E343E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E343E	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33363E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36373E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e343e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 52, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.022 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736b73',
    500: '#3e343e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e343e;
$custom-light: #736b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e343e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33955,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.03828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E343E

secondary

#616D61

accent

#B27676

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#080608

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E343E

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

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