#3A4642 · Iron

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#3A4642 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Iron and near Iron and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 173°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3A4642 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3A4642
RGBrgb(58, 70, 66)
HSLhsl(160, 9%, 25%)
CMYK17, 0, 6, 73
CSS var--iron
Contrast9.84:1 white · 2.13:1 black

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How to use #3A4642

White text passes WCAG AA on #3A4642 (9.84:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3A4642 with its analogous neighbors #3A453C and #3A4445; for contrast use its complement #453A3E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--iron: #3A4642;

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