#3C4552 · Charcoal

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#3C4552 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Iron. In OKLCH it has 39% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 258°. 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.

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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

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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;

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