#3B4C3A · Graphite

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#3B4C3A is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 143°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3B4C3A a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3B4C3A
RGBrgb(59, 76, 58)
HSLhsl(117, 13%, 26%)
CMYK22, 0, 24, 70
CSS var--graphite
Contrast9.21:1 white · 2.28:1 black

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How to use #3B4C3A

White text passes WCAG AA on #3B4C3A (9.21:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3B4C3A with its analogous neighbors #434B3A and #3A4B41; for contrast use its complement #4A3A4B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #3B4C3A;

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