#383931

Color #383931

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#383931

RGB

rgb(56, 57, 49)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 7.5%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 14%, 22.4%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(23.63, -2.17, 4.85)

LCH

lch(23.63, 5.31, 114.1)

OKLCH

oklch(34.1%, 0.0137, 112.81)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 19.2%, 77.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#323139

Analogous

#393631

#383931

#343931

Triadic

#383931

#313839

#393138

Split-complementary

#383931

#313439

#363139

Tetradic

#383931

#313932

#323139

#393138

Square

#383931

#313936

#323139

#393134

Shades

Color #383931 mixed toward black.

#2f3029

#252621

#1c1d19

#131310

#090a08

Tints

Color #383931 mixed toward white.

#5c5d50

#7f816f

#a0a292

#bfc1b7

#dfe0db

Tones

Color #383931 mixed toward gray.

#383832

#373832

#373733

#363634

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.8:1

White text reads better on this background (11.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383833 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#383834 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#383535 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#383838 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #383931;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#383931]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#383931 (#383931) is rgb(56, 57, 49) in RGB.

No, #383931 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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