#354F52 · Charcoal

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#354F52 is a dark, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Graphite. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 205°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #354F52 a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#354F52
RGBrgb(53, 79, 82)
HSLhsl(186, 21%, 26%)
CMYK35, 4, 0, 68
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast8.78:1 white · 2.39:1 black

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How to use #354F52

White text passes WCAG AA on #354F52 (8.78:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #354F52 with its analogous neighbors #345045 and #344050; for contrast use its complement #503734 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #354F52;

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