#3E4238#3E4238

#3E4238 is a dark, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.017 H 125.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4238
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(84, 8%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(84, 15%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 15.2%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, -3.85, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 6.74, 124.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% -0.01 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.017 125)
XYZ	xyz(4.6485, 5.2061, 4.5006)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4238 #3C3842

analogous

#424138 #3E4238 #394238

triadic

#3E4238 #383E42 #42383E

tetradic

#3E4238 #384241 #3C3842 #423839

square

#3E4238 #384241 #3C3842 #423839

split-complementary

#3E4238 #383942 #413842

monochromatic

#10110E #1F211C #3E4238 #5D6354 #7C8470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#3E4238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#3E4238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4238

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4238	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F413F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.017 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73766e',
    500: '#3e4238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4238;
$custom-light: #73766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 8.197,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.372,
    "c": 0.01749,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.05206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4238

secondary

#6A6571

accent

#77B18E

background

#F6F7F6

surface

#ECEDEB

border

#C7C8C6

text

#080807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4238

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

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