#3e4849

Color #3e4849

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.18 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#3e4849

RGB

rgb(62, 72, 73)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 8.1%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 15.1%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(29.76, -3.78, -1.96)

LCH

lch(29.76, 4.26, 207.41)

OKLCH

oklch(39.3%, 0.0131, 203.83)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 24.3%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#493f3e

Analogous

#3e4945

#3e4849

#3e4349

Triadic

#3e4849

#493e48

#48493e

Split-complementary

#3e4849

#493e43

#49453e

Tetradic

#3e4849

#3f3e49

#493f3e

#48493e

Square

#3e4849

#453e49

#493f3e

#43493e

Shades

Color #3e4849 mixed toward black.

#343c3d

#293031

#1f2425

#151818

#0a0c0c

Tints

Color #3e4849 mixed toward white.

#5b696b

#788a8c

#9aa7a9

#bbc5c6

#dde2e2

Tones

Color #3e4849 mixed toward gray.

#3f4748

#404747

#414646

#424545

#434444

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.23:1

White text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#434349 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#424149 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#3f4949 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #3e4849;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3e4849]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#3e4849 (#3e4849) is rgb(62, 72, 73) in RGB.

No, #3e4849 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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