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#38475A

#38475a ≈ Charcoal

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#38475a is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 27.84% green and 35.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.78% cyan, 21.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.71% black. Its hue angle is 213.53°, with 23.29% saturation and 28.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Charcoal (#36454f), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#333366
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Relative luminance0.0609

Complementary

  1. #38475a
  2. #5a4b38

Split complementary

  1. #38475a
  2. #5a3a38
  3. #585a38

Analogous

  1. #38585a
  2. #38475a
  3. #3a385a

Triadic

  1. #38475a
  2. #5a3847
  3. #475a38

Tetradic

  1. #38475a
  2. #4b385a
  3. #5a4b38
  4. #475a38

Square

  1. #38475a
  2. #5a3858
  3. #5a4b38
  4. #385a3a

Monochromatic

  1. #080a0d
  2. #1b222b
  3. #38475a
  4. #556c89
  5. #7d93ae

Shades

#38475a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38475a
  2. #324051
  3. #2d3948
  4. #27323f
  5. #222b36
  6. #1c242d
  7. #161c24
  8. #11151b
  9. #0b0e12
  10. #060709
  11. #000000

Tints

#38475a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38475a
  2. #4c596b
  3. #606c7b
  4. #747e8c
  5. #88919c
  6. #9ca3ad
  7. #afb5bd
  8. #c3c8ce
  9. #d7dade
  10. #ebedef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38475a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38475a
  2. #3f4d5e
  3. #465262
  4. #4e5865
  5. #555e69
  6. #5c646d
  7. #636971
  8. #6a6f75
  9. #727578
  10. #797a7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #41464f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #40485b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3c445a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2d4b4d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3d475b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b455a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #324a53 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38475a {
  color: #38475a;
}
Background
.bg-38475a {
  background-color: #38475a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-38475a {
  border: 2px solid #38475a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38475a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 71 90;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 23% 29%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38475a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38475a, #3a385a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38475a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 71 90 / 0.35);
}

#36454f Charcoal ΔE 5.01 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 8.77 #2a3439 Gunmetal ΔE 9.38 #003153 Prussian Blue ΔE 9.69 #353839 Onyx ΔE 10.35 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 10.68 #483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 11.00 #c7b8a5 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Charcoal
#38475a  rgb(56, 71, 90)  hsl(214, 23%, 29%)  Charcoal
#5a4b38  rgb(90, 75, 56)  hsl(34, 23%, 29%)  Umber
#5a3847  rgb(90, 56, 71)  hsl(334, 23%, 29%)  Eggplant
#475a38  rgb(71, 90, 56)  hsl(94, 23%, 29%)  Hunter Green