#3E4A3D · Graphite

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#3E4A3D is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 39% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 143°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3E4A3D a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3E4A3D
RGBrgb(62, 74, 61)
HSLhsl(115, 10%, 26%)
CMYK16, 0, 18, 71
CSS var--graphite
Contrast9.33:1 white · 2.25:1 black

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How to use #3E4A3D

White text passes WCAG AA on #3E4A3D (9.33:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3E4A3D with its analogous neighbors #43493C and #3C4941; for contrast use its complement #483C49 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #3E4A3D;

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