#3E3560 · Charcoal

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#3E3560 is a dark, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal Blue and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 292°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #3E3560 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3E3560
RGBrgb(62, 53, 96)
HSLhsl(253, 29%, 29%)
CMYK35, 45, 0, 62
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast11.15:1 white · 1.88:1 black

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How to use #3E3560

White text passes WCAG AA on #3E3560 (11.15:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3E3560 with its analogous neighbors #35415F and #53355F; for contrast use its complement #565F35 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3E3560;

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