#3E4947

Closest named color: Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F). oklch(39.5% 0.015 183.4), rgb(62, 73, 71).

White text reads best on this color (9.33:1).

About this color

#3E4947 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 39%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F), ΔE 0.025 away. White text reads best on it, at 9.33:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (39%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Dark Slate Gray (#2F4F4F)
Black text	2.24:1
White text	9.33:1

Values

HEX	#3E4947
RGB	rgb(62, 73, 71)
HSL	hsl(169, 8%, 26%)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.015 183.4)

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 #3E4947	9.33:1	AAA	Lc -95.9	Preferred for body text
Black text on #3E4947	2.24:1	Fails	Lc 12.4	Not readable
#3E4947 text on white	9.33:1	AAA	Lc 91.6	Preferred for body text
#3E4947 text on black	2.24:1	Fails	Lc -10.8	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

#F4F6F5

oklch(97.1% 0.002 165.1)
Step 100
100

#E8EAEA

oklch(93.6% 0.002 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D5DAD9

oklch(88.4% 0.006 183)
Step 300
300

#B9C3C1

oklch(80.9% 0.011 182.8)
Step 400
400

#95A4A2

oklch(70.6% 0.017 187.1)
Step 500
500

#7B8E8B

oklch(63.1% 0.022 185.1)
Step 600
600

#647875

oklch(55.6% 0.024 185.5)
Step 700
700

#536562

oklch(49.1% 0.022 184.2)
Step 800
800

#445250

oklch(42.6% 0.018 186)
Step 900
900 (this color)

#3E4947

oklch(39.5% 0.015 183.4)
Step 950
950

#222827

oklch(27.1% 0.009 184.6)

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#3E4947 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)	#484847	0.016
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#464647	0.015
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#3B4948	0.005
Achromatopsia (no color)	#474747	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 #3E4947, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #3E4947 in your product

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