#314C5A · Charcoal

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#314C5A is a dark, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Deep Teal. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 232°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #314C5A a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#314C5A
RGBrgb(49, 76, 90)
HSLhsl(200, 29%, 27%)
CMYK46, 16, 0, 65
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.08:1 white · 2.31:1 black

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How to use #314C5A

White text passes WCAG AA on #314C5A (9.08:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #314C5A with its analogous neighbors #315952 and #313859; for contrast use its complement #593E31 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #314C5A;

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