#3E4848#3E4848

#3E4848 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.013 H 196.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4848
RGB	rgb(62, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(180, 14%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, -4.03, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 4.25, 198.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% -0.0124 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.013 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4734, 6.1266, 7.0238)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4848 #483E3E

analogous

#3E4843 #3E4848 #3E4348

triadic

#3E4848 #483E48 #48483E

tetradic

#3E4848 #433E48 #483E3E #43483E

square

#3E4848 #433E48 #483E3E #43483E

split-complementary

#3E4848 #483E43 #48433E

monochromatic

#0E1010 #222727 #3E4848 #5A6969 #778A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#3E4848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#3E4848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4848

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4848	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.013 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737b7a',
    500: '#3e4848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4848;
$custom-light: #737b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.463,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3927,
    "c": 0.01297,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4848

secondary

#776B6B

accent

#7777B1

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#ECEDED

border

#C7C8C8

text

#080909

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4848

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

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