#3e4040

Color #3e4040

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-700 #404040 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#3e4040

RGB

rgb(62, 64, 64)

HSL

hsl(180, 1.6%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 3.1%, 25.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 0%, 74.9%)

LAB

lab(26.91, -0.84, -0.29)

LCH

lch(26.91, 0.89, 199.05)

OKLCH

oklch(37%, 0.0027, 197.1)

HWB

hwb(180, 24.3%, 74.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#403e3e

Analogous

#3e403f

#3e4040

#3e3f40

Triadic

#3e4040

#403e40

#40403e

Split-complementary

#3e4040

#403e3f

#403f3e

Tetradic

#3e4040

#3e3e40

#403e3e

#40403e

Square

#3e4040

#3f3e40

#403e3e

#3f403e

Shades

Color #3e4040 mixed toward black.

#343535

#292b2b

#1f2020

#151515

#0a0b0b

Tints

Color #3e4040 mixed toward white.

#5d6161

#7d8181

#9da1a1

#bec0c0

#dee0e0

Tones

Color #3e4040 mixed toward gray.

#3e4040

#3e3f3f

#3f3f3f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.01:1

White text reads better on this background (10.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3f3f40 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#3f3f40 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#3e4040 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 1.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #3e4040;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e4040]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#3e4040 (#3e4040) is rgb(62, 64, 64) in RGB.

No, #3e4040 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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