Color #3C3C3B

In the Register's classification, #3C3C3B belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Dark brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(60, 60, 59) — 23.5% red, 23.5% green, 23.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 76. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #3C3C3B reads as a quiet, subdued grey and 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 almost identical to Fuscous Grey (#3C3B3C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Iridium (#3D3C3A) and Rockstar (#3D3A3C).

In RGB terms — rgb(60, 60, 59) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #3C3C3B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 11.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.9:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:76) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.