#3D3D3D · Iron

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#3D3D3D is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Iron and near Iron and Onyx. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3D3D3D a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3D3D3D
RGBrgb(61, 61, 61)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 24%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 76
CSS var--iron
Contrast10.86:1 white · 1.93:1 black

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How to use #3D3D3D

White text passes WCAG AA on #3D3D3D (10.86:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3D3D3D with its analogous neighbors #3D3D3D and #3D3D3D; for contrast use its complement #3D3D3D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--iron: #3D3D3D;

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