Information about #3B383E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #3B383E leans clearly toward the dark side. 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 Rockstar (#3D3A3C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Black Marlin (#383740) and Fuscous Grey (#3C3B3C).
The recipe behind #3B383E is rgb(59, 56, 62), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #3B383E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.8:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:76), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#3B383E color variations
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#3B383E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#3B383E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#3B383E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#3B383E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#3B383E 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 #3B383E color
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Nearest named colors to #3B383E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3D3A3C
#383740
#3C3B3C
#37363F
#373A3C
#3C3D3E
#3E393A
#36383C
#3D3C3A
#3A3C39
#3F3939
#383838
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#3B383E
- RGB59, 56, 62
- CMYK1, 2, 0, 76
- CSSrgb(59, 56, 62)
- HSL270°, 5%, 23%
- HSL Precise270°, 5.085%, 23.137%
- HSV270°, 10%, 24%
- HSB270°, 10%, 24%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.231
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.220
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.243
- GLSLvec3(0.231, 0.220, 0.243)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.231, 0.220, 0.243, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.231, 0.220, 0.243)
- Percentage of Red in RGB23.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB24.3%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID3B383E
- DECIMAL ID3881022
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
