#3F3F3F · Iron

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#3F3F3F is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Iron and near Iron and Taupe. In OKLCH it has 37% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3F3F3F a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#3F3F3F
RGBrgb(63, 63, 63)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 25%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 75
CSS var--iron
Contrast10.53:1 white · 1.99:1 black

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How to use #3F3F3F

White text passes WCAG AA on #3F3F3F (10.53:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3F3F3F with its analogous neighbors #404040 and #404040; for contrast use its complement #404040 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--iron: #3F3F3F;

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