#0B3C42 · Gunmetal

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#0B3C42 is a dark, moderately saturated gray color, closest to Gunmetal and near Gunmetal and Charcoal Blue. In OKLCH it has 33% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 207°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #0B3C42 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#0B3C42
RGBrgb(11, 60, 66)
HSLhsl(187, 71%, 15%)
CMYK83, 9, 0, 74
CSS var--gunmetal
Contrast12.07:1 white · 1.74:1 black

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How to use #0B3C42

White text passes WCAG AA on #0B3C42 (12.07:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #0B3C42 with its analogous neighbors #0B412D and #0B2041; for contrast use its complement #41110B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--gunmetal: #0B3C42;

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