#3E4C59 · Graphite

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#3E4C59 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 247°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3E4C59 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3E4C59
RGBrgb(62, 76, 89)
HSLhsl(209, 18%, 30%)
CMYK30, 15, 0, 65
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.81:1 white · 2.38:1 black

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How to use #3E4C59

White text passes WCAG AA on #3E4C59 (8.81:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3E4C59 with its analogous neighbors #3F5A5A and #3F3F5A; for contrast use its complement #5A4C3F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #3E4C59;

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