#3E4E42 · Graphite

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#3E4E42 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 153°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3E4E42 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3E4E42
RGBrgb(62, 78, 66)
HSLhsl(135, 11%, 27%)
CMYK21, 0, 15, 69
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.85:1 white · 2.37:1 black

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How to use #3E4E42

White text passes WCAG AA on #3E4E42 (8.85:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3E4E42 with its analogous neighbors #414C3D and #3D4C49; for contrast use its complement #4C3D49 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #3E4E42;

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