#3D405B · Charcoal

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#3D405B is a dark, muted black color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal and Charcoal Blue. In OKLCH it has 38% lightness and 0.05 chroma at hue 279°. Black suggests sophistication, contrast and drama, which makes #3D405B a natural choice for text, luxury branding and dark interfaces. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3D405B
RGBrgb(61, 64, 91)
HSLhsl(234, 20%, 30%)
CMYK33, 30, 0, 64
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast10.08:1 white · 2.08:1 black

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How to use #3D405B

White text passes WCAG AA on #3D405B (10.08:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3D405B with its analogous neighbors #3D505C and #493D5C; for contrast use its complement #5C593D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3D405B;

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