#3b4241

Color #3b4241

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.66 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#3b4241

RGB

rgb(59, 66, 65)

HSL

hsl(171.4, 5.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.4, 10.6%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(27.32, -3.12, -0.38)

LCH

lch(27.32, 3.14, 186.94)

OKLCH

oklch(37.2%, 0.0095, 186.67)

HWB

hwb(171.4, 23.1%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#423b3c

Analogous

#3b423d

#3b4241

#3b3f42

Triadic

#3b4241

#413b42

#42413b

Split-complementary

#3b4241

#423b3f

#423d3b

Tetradic

#3b4241

#3b3c42

#423b3c

#42413b

Square

#3b4241

#3d3b42

#423b3c

#3f423b

Shades

Color #3b4241 mixed toward black.

#313736

#272c2b

#1d2120

#141616

#0a0b0b

Tints

Color #3b4241 mixed toward white.

#596462

#788684

#99a4a3

#bbc2c1

#dde1e0

Tones

Color #3b4241 mixed toward gray.

#3c4141

#3c4140

#3d4040

#3d403f

#3e3f3f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.04:1

White text reads better on this background (10.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3e41 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#3e3d41 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#3b4141 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3b4241;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3b4241]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3b4241 (#3b4241) is rgb(59, 66, 65) in RGB.

No, #3b4241 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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