#3C4552 · near Charcoal

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#3C4552 (RGB 60, 69, 82) is a dark, nearly neutral gray, closest to Charcoal and near Iron and Charcoal Blue. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3C4552 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 39% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 258°.

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HEX#3C4552
RGBrgb(60, 69, 82)
HSLhsl(215, 15%, 28%)
CMYK27, 16, 0, 68
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast9.7:1 white · 2.17:1 black

Similar named colors

Charcoal #36454FIron #3B3F42Charcoal Blue #2C3E50Graphite #4B4B4BDeep Teal #0F4C5C

How to use #3C4552

White text passes WCAG AA on #3C4552 (9.7:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3C4552 with its analogous neighbors #3D5052 and #3E3D52; for contrast use its complement #52493D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3C4552;

Color card

#3C4552 hex color card: near Charcoal, RGB 60, 69, 82
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Shades & tints

#0C0E10#181C21#242931#303742#3C4552#636A75#8A8F97#B1B5BA#D8DADC

Color harmonies for #3C4552

Complementary

#3C4552#52493D

Analogous

#3C4552#3D5052#3E3D52

Triadic

#3C4552#523D46#46523D

Split complementary

#3C4552#523E3D#50523D

Tetradic

#3C4552#523D50#52493D#3D523E

Palettes with #3C4552