#313938

Color #313938

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#313938

RGB

rgb(49, 57, 56)

HSL

hsl(172.5, 7.5%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.5, 14%, 22.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 0%, 1.8%, 77.6%)

LAB

lab(23.22, -3.6, -0.52)

LCH

lch(23.22, 3.64, 188.22)

OKLCH

oklch(33.7%, 0.0109, 187.39)

HWB

hwb(172.5, 19.2%, 77.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#393132

Analogous

#313934

#313938

#313639

Triadic

#313938

#383139

#393831

Split-complementary

#313938

#393136

#393431

Tetradic

#313938

#313239

#393132

#393831

Square

#313938

#343139

#393132

#363931

Shades

Color #313938 mixed toward black.

#29302f

#212625

#191d1c

#101313

#080a09

Tints

Color #313938 mixed toward white.

#505d5c

#6f817f

#92a2a0

#b7c1bf

#dbe0df

Tones

Color #313938 mixed toward gray.

#323838

#323837

#333737

#343636

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.77:1

White text reads better on this background (11.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#353538 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#343438 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#313838 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 4.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #313938;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#313938]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#313938 (#313938) is rgb(49, 57, 56) in RGB.

No, #313938 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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