#3E4E48#3E4E48

#3E4E48 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.023 H 170.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4E48
RGB	rgb(62, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(158, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(158, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, -7.73, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 7.86, 169.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% -0.0222 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.023 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8804, 6.9406, 7.1595)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4E48 #4E3E44

analogous

#3E4E40 #3E4E48 #3E4C4E

triadic

#3E4E48 #483E4E #4E483E

tetradic

#3E4E48 #403E4E #4E3E44 #4C4E3E

square

#3E4E48 #403E4E #4E3E44 #4C4E3E

split-complementary

#3E4E48 #4E3E4C #4E403E

monochromatic

#0E1110 #232C29 #3E4E48 #597067 #759187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#3E4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#3E4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4E48

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4E48	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.023 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737f7a',
    500: '#3e4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4e48;
$custom-light: #737f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4081,
    "c": 0.02255,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4E48

secondary

#7D6B72

accent

#738CB4

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEED

border

#C8C9C8

text

#080A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4E48

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

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