#3E383E#3E383E

#3E383E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.013 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E383E
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 3.94, -2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 4.82, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0108 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.013 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2702, 4.2003, 5.1423)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#3E383E #383E38

analogous

#3B383E #3E383E #3E383B

triadic

#3E383E #3E3E38 #383E3E

tetradic

#3E383E #3E3B38 #383E38 #383B3E

square

#3E383E #3E3B38 #383E38 #383B3E

split-complementary

#3E383E #3B3E38 #383E3B

monochromatic

#100F10 #1E1B1E #3E383E #5E555E #7E727E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#3E383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E383E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E383E	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38393E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E383A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.013 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736e73',
    500: '#3e383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e383e;
$custom-light: #736e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3491,
    "c": 0.0131,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E383E

secondary

#656D65

accent

#AE7A7A

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEC

border

#C7C6C7

text

#080708

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E383E

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

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