#383831

Color #383831

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class stone-700 #44403b · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#383831

RGB

rgb(56, 56, 49)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.7%, 20.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 12.5%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.5%, 78%)

LAB

lab(23.31, -1.52, 4.38)

LCH

lch(23.31, 4.64, 109.14)

OKLCH

oklch(33.8%, 0.0119, 107.07)

HWB

hwb(60, 19.2%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#313138

Analogous

#383531

#383831

#353831

Triadic

#383831

#313838

#383138

Split-complementary

#383831

#313538

#353138

Tetradic

#383831

#313831

#313138

#383138

Square

#383831

#313835

#313138

#383135

Shades

Color #383831 mixed toward black.

#2f2f29

#252521

#1c1c19

#131310

#090908

Tints

Color #383831 mixed toward white.

#5c5c50

#808070

#a1a193

#c0c0b7

#e0e0db

Tones

Color #383831 mixed toward gray.

#373732

#363633

#353534

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.78:1

White text reads better on this background (11.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383833 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#383833 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#383434 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 4.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #383831;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#383831]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#383831 (#383831) is rgb(56, 56, 49) in RGB.

No, #383831 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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