#34465E · Charcoal

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#34465E is a dark, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Charcoal Blue. In OKLCH it has 39% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 256°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #34465E a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#34465E
RGBrgb(52, 70, 94)
HSLhsl(214, 29%, 29%)
CMYK45, 26, 0, 63
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.62:1 white · 2.18:1 black

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How to use #34465E

White text passes WCAG AA on #34465E (9.62:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #34465E with its analogous neighbors #355D5F and #37355F; for contrast use its complement #5F4D35 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #34465E;

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