#3E3531

Closest named color: Onyx (#343A40). oklch(33.7% 0.015 45.4), rgb(62, 53, 49).

White text reads best on this color (11.94:1).

About this color

#3E3531 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 34%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Onyx (#343A40), ΔE 0.029 away. White text reads best on it, at 11.94:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (34%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Onyx (#343A40)
Black text	1.75:1
White text	11.94:1

Values

HEX	#3E3531
RGB	rgb(62, 53, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 12%, 22%)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.015 45.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #3E3531	11.94:1	AAA	Lc -100.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #3E3531	1.75:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#3E3531 text on white	11.94:1	AAA	Lc 97.4	Preferred for body text
#3E3531 text on black	1.75:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#ECE9E8

oklch(93.6% 0.004 39.5)
Step 200
200

#DDD8D6

oklch(88.6% 0.006 43.3)
Step 300
300

#C7BFBB

oklch(81% 0.011 48.6)
Step 400
400

#AB9D98

oklch(70.7% 0.018 40.8)
Step 500
500

#96867E

oklch(63.2% 0.023 48.3)
Step 600
600

#806F68

oklch(55.6% 0.024 43.7)
Step 700
700

#6C5D56

oklch(49.1% 0.022 46.6)
Step 800
800

#584C47

oklch(42.7% 0.018 44)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#3E3531

oklch(33.7% 0.015 45.4)
Step 950
950

#2B2523

oklch(27% 0.01 39.3)

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#3E3531 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#373631	0.013
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#393831	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#413434	0.009
Achromatopsia (no color)	#373737	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #3E3531, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #3E3531 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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