#3B3936 · near Onyx

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#3B3936 (RGB 59, 57, 54) is a dark, nearly neutral gray, closest to Onyx and near Jet and Iron. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3B3936 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 35% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 78°.

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HEX#3B3936
RGBrgb(59, 57, 54)
HSLhsl(36, 4%, 22%)
CMYK0, 3, 8, 77
CSS var--onyx
Contrast11.51:1 white · 1.82:1 black

Similar named colors

Onyx #353839Jet #343434Iron #3B3F42Taupe #483C32Gunmetal #2A3439

How to use #3B3936

White text passes WCAG AA on #3B3936 (11.51:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3B3936 with its analogous neighbors #3A3636 and #3A3A36; for contrast use its complement #36383A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--onyx: #3B3936;

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#3B3936 hex color card: near Onyx, RGB 59, 57, 54
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Shades & tints

#0C0B0B#181716#232220#2F2E2B#3B3936#62615E#898886#B1B0AF#D8D7D7

Color harmonies for #3B3936

Complementary

#3B3936#36383A

Analogous

#3B3936#3A3636#3A3A36

Triadic

#3B3936#363A39#39363A

Split complementary

#3B3936#363A3A#36363A

Tetradic

#3B3936#363A36#36383A#3A363A

Palettes with #3B3936