#3A4750 · Charcoal

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#3A4750 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Iron. In OKLCH it has 39% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 238°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3A4750 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3A4750
RGBrgb(58, 71, 80)
HSLhsl(205, 16%, 27%)
CMYK28, 11, 0, 69
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.56:1 white · 2.2:1 black

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How to use #3A4750

White text passes WCAG AA on #3A4750 (9.56:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3A4750 with its analogous neighbors #3A504E and #3A3C50; for contrast use its complement #50433A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3A4750;

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