#3D3B6B · Charcoal

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#3D3B6B is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal Blue and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 284°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #3D3B6B a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3D3B6B
RGBrgb(61, 59, 107)
HSLhsl(243, 29%, 33%)
CMYK43, 45, 0, 58
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast10.31:1 white · 2.04:1 black

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How to use #3D3B6B

White text passes WCAG AA on #3D3B6B (10.31:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3D3B6B with its analogous neighbors #3C526D and #573C6D; for contrast use its complement #6A6D3C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3D3B6B;

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