#3E383A#3E383A

#3E383A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.009 H 355.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E383A
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 58)
HSL	hsl(340, 5%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(340, 10%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 6.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 3.05, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 3.06, 354.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.009 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.009 355.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1644, 4.1580, 4.5854)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E383A #383E3C

analogous

#3E383D #3E383A #3E3938

triadic

#3E383A #3A3E38 #383A3E

tetradic

#3E383A #3D3E38 #383E3C #39383E

square

#3E383A #3D3E38 #383E3C #39383E

split-complementary

#3E383A #383E39 #383D3E

monochromatic

#100F0F #1E1B1C #3E383A #5E5558 #7E7276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#3E383A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#3E383A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E383A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E383A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E383A	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39393A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e383a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.009 355.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736e70',
    500: '#3e383a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e383a;
$custom-light: #736e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e383a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3476,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 355.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E383A

secondary

#656D6A

accent

#AE9D7A

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#080707

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E383A

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

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