#36454F · Charcoal

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#36454F is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Charcoal and near Iron and Charcoal Blue. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 238°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #36454F a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome.

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HEX#36454F
RGBrgb(54, 69, 79)
HSLhsl(204, 19%, 26%)
CMYK32, 13, 0, 69
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.9:1 white · 2.12:1 black

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How to use #36454F

White text passes WCAG AA on #36454F (9.9:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #36454F with its analogous neighbors #364F4C and #36384F; for contrast use its complement #4F4036 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #36454F;

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