Information about #38302E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #38302E leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Barbecue (#363030). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Filmpro Burnt Umber (#3A302C) and Dark Ebony (#37312B).
In RGB terms — rgb(56, 48, 46) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #38302E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.6:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:78) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #38302E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#38302E color variations
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#38302E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#38302E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#38302E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#38302E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#38302E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #38302E color
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Nearest named colors to #38302E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#363030
#3A302C
#37312B
#3B2F2F
#353131
#3B3131
#34322D
#372C2C
#3A312A
#35332C
#382D32
#373332
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#38302E
- RGB56, 48, 46
- CMYK0, 3, 4, 78
- CSSrgb(56, 48, 46)
- HSL12°, 10%, 20%
- HSL Precise12°, 9.804%, 20%
- HSV12°, 18%, 22%
- HSB12°, 18%, 22%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.188
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.180
- GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.188, 0.180)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.188, 0.180, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.188, 0.180)
- Percentage of Red in RGB22%
- Percentage of Green in RGB18.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB18%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID38302E
- DECIMAL ID3682350
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
