#3E484E#3E484E

#3E484E is a dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.016 H 234.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E484E
RGB	rgb(62, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(203, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(203, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, -2.52, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 5.54, 242.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% -0.0096 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.016 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6788, 6.2088, 8.1055)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E484E #4E443E

analogous

#3E4E4C #3E484E #3E404E

triadic

#3E484E #4E3E48 #484E3E

tetradic

#3E484E #4C3E4E #4E443E #404E3E

square

#3E484E #4C3E4E #4E443E #404E3E

split-complementary

#3E484E #4E3E40 #4E4C3E

monochromatic

#0E1011 #23292C #3E484E #596770 #758791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#3E484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#3E484E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E484E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E484E	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45484E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43464E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.016 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737a7f',
    500: '#3e484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e484e;
$custom-light: #737a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39498,
    "c": 0.01649,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E484E

secondary

#7D726B

accent

#8C73B4

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEDEE

border

#C8C8C9

text

#08090A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E484E

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

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