#3E383C#3E383C

#3E383C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.011 H 337.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E383C
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 60)
HSL	hsl(320, 5%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(320, 10%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 3.2%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 3.49, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 3.81, 336.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0099 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.011 337.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2163, 4.1788, 4.8586)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E383C #383E3A

analogous

#3D383E #3E383C #3E3839

triadic

#3E383C #3C3E38 #383C3E

tetradic

#3E383C #3E3D38 #383E3A #38393E

square

#3E383C #3E3D38 #383E3A #38393E

split-complementary

#3E383C #393E38 #383E3D

monochromatic

#100F10 #1E1B1D #3E383C #5E555B #7E727A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#3E383C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E383C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E383C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E383C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E383C	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38393C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e383c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.011 337.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736e71',
    500: '#3e383c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e383c;
$custom-light: #736e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e383c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34834,
    "c": 0.01072,
    "h": 337.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E383C

secondary

#656D68

accent

#AE8B7A

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#080707

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E383C

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

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