Dark gray
#3E4236
#3E4236 is a dark gray with almost no color, at step 800 of its 50–950 scale. White text on it has a contrast of 10.3:1. It is readable as text on white (10.3:1).
#3E4236 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #3E4236 kept exactly at step 800. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5F8EE
- 100 E9EDE2
- 200 D7DBCF
- 300 BDC1B4
- 400 A1A598
- 500 858A7C
- 600 6B6F62
- 700 53574B
- 800 3E4236
- 900 2A2D24
- 950 171912
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #f5f8ee; --color-gray-100: #e9ede2; --color-gray-200: #d7dbcf; --color-gray-300: #bdc1b4; --color-gray-400: #a1a598; --color-gray-500: #858a7c; --color-gray-600: #6b6f62; --color-gray-700: #53574b; --color-gray-800: #3e4236; --color-gray-900: #2a2d24; --color-gray-950: #171912;}Is #3E4236 readable?
Contrast for text on #3E4236 and for #3E4236 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 98 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 9 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on white
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 94 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #797E70 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 8 · Not readable
Color palettes with #3E4236
Six palettes built around #3E4236, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#3E4236 · #2F9F64 · #DAA900 · #B9F6E6 · #23261C
- Complementary#3E4236 · #A380E4 · #BE8FFD · #C8EDA4 · #24281B
- Split complementary#3E4236 · #868FCC · #E792DB · #D3EBBC · #23271F
- Triadic#3E4236 · #4B9CD3 · #E27B9C · #D4F6B4 · #2F332A
- Tetradic#3E4236 · #27AFCF · #B59CFF · #FFCCBF · #23241D
- Monochromatic#3E4236 · #9CBE79 · #8DC544 · #CDEFAD · #2B2E23
#3E4236 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #3E4236 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5F8EE
- Brand 100, #E9EDE2
- Brand 200, #D7DBCF
- Brand 300, #BDC1B4
- Brand 400, #A1A598
- Brand 500, #858A7C
- Brand 600, #6B6F62
- Brand 700, #53574B
- Brand 800, #3E4236
- Brand 900, #2A2D24
- Brand 950, #171912
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E5E6E2
- Neutral 300, #D3D5D0
- Neutral 400, #9FA29B
- Neutral 500, #72756D
- Neutral 600, #53554E
- Neutral 700, #3F413B
- Neutral 800, #272923
- Neutral 900, #171913
- Neutral 950, #090B06
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #3D9556
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #EEB367
- Warning 400, #DC9C45
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D9584E
- Danger 600, #BF3F38
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #408ECB
- Info 600, #297AB6
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 800 with white text, at 10.3:1.
- In dark mode primary lifts to Brand 500 so it reads on the dark background, at 5.6:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #3E4236
Lighter and darker versions of #3E4236.