Information about #38353C color
Basic facts about this digital color
A muted, almost neutral grey, #38353C carries a shadowy depth. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Revolver (#37363F). Nearby in the Register you will also find Vulcan (#36383C) and Catch (#34343C).
In RGB terms — rgb(56, 53, 60) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #38353C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.7:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:76), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #38353C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#38353C color variations
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#38353C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#38353C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#38353C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#38353C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#38353C 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 #38353C color
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Nearest named colors to #38353C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#37363F
#36383C
#34343C
#383740
#34363A
#383838
#373A3C
#353839
#33343A
#363737
#373837
#3B3737
#38353C color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#38353C
- RGB56, 53, 60
- CMYK2, 3, 0, 76
- CSSrgb(56, 53, 60)
- HSL266°, 6%, 22%
- HSL Precise265.714°, 6.195%, 22.157%
- HSV266°, 12%, 24%
- HSB266°, 12%, 24%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.208
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.235
- GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.208, 0.235)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.208, 0.235, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.208, 0.235)
- Percentage of Red in RGB22%
- Percentage of Green in RGB20.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB23.5%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID38353C
- DECIMAL ID3683644
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers303 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
