#3A456B · Charcoal

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#3A456B is a medium, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Charcoal Blue. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 271°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #3A456B a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3A456B
RGBrgb(58, 69, 107)
HSLhsl(227, 30%, 32%)
CMYK46, 36, 0, 58
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.36:1 white · 2.24:1 black

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How to use #3A456B

White text passes WCAG AA on #3A456B (9.36:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3A456B with its analogous neighbors #395C6A and #47396A; for contrast use its complement #6A5F39 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3A456B;

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