#3E3840#3E3840

#3E3840 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.016 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3840
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(285, 7%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 13%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 4.41, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 5.95, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0117 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.016 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3260, 4.2227, 5.4367)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3840 #3A4038

analogous

#3A3840 #3E3840 #40383E

triadic

#3E3840 #403E38 #38403E

tetradic

#3E3840 #403A38 #3A4038 #383E40

square

#3E3840 #403A38 #3A4038 #383E40

split-complementary

#3E3840 #3E4038 #38403A

monochromatic

#100E10 #1E1B1F #3E3840 #5E5561 #7D7181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#3E3840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3E3840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3840

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3840	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E393B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.016 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736e74',
    500: '#3e3840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3840;
$custom-light: #736e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 6.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3499,
    "c": 0.01588,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3840

secondary

#676F65

accent

#B07886

background

#F6F6F7

surface

#ECEBED

border

#C7C6C8

text

#080708

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3840

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

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