#3E4A48#3E4A48

#3E4A48 is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.016 H 184.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4A48
RGB	rgb(62, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(170, 9%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(170, 16%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, -5.27, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 5.29, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% -0.0157 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.016 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6048, 6.3894, 7.0676)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4A48 #4A3E40

analogous

#3E4A42 #3E4A48 #3E464A

triadic

#3E4A48 #483E4A #4A483E

tetradic

#3E4A48 #423E4A #4A3E40 #464A3E

square

#3E4A48 #423E4A #4A3E40 #464A3E

split-complementary

#3E4A48 #4A3E46 #4A423E

monochromatic

#0E1110 #222928 #3E4A48 #5A6B68 #768C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#3E4A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#3E4A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4A48

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4A48	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.016 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737c7a',
    500: '#3e4a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4a48;
$custom-light: #737c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 8.824,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3978,
    "c": 0.01578,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4A48

secondary

#796B6D

accent

#7680B2

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEED

border

#C8C9C8

text

#080909

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4A48

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

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