Information about #3E3E3E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A muted, almost neutral neutral grey, #3E3E3E carries a shadowy depth. Designers typically reach for tones like this for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Baltic Sea (#3C3D3E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Gravity (#3D4040) and Fuscous Grey (#3C3B3C).
Technically, #3E3E3E is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 62, which is what makes it a true neutral. On this background, white text reaches a 10.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:76) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.
#3E3E3E color variations
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#3E3E3E color tints
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#3E3E3E color shades
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#3E3E3E color tones
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Why this page shows fewer blocks
#3E3E3E belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.
Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.
What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.
How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register
Alternatives to #3E3E3E color
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Nearest named colors to #3E3E3E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#3C3D3E
#3D4040
#3C3B3C
#3D3A3C
#3D3C3A
#3A403B
#3C4142
#43403C
#3E393A
#434141
#3A3C39
#3B3C38
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#3E3E3E
- RGB62, 62, 62
- CMYK0, 0, 0, 76
- CSSrgb(62, 62, 62)
- HSL0°, 0%, 24%
- HSL Precise0°, 0%, 24.314%
- HSV0°, 0%, 24%
- HSB0°, 0%, 24%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.243
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.243
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.243
- GLSLvec3(0.243, 0.243, 0.243)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.243, 0.243, 0.243, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.243, 0.243, 0.243)
- Percentage of Red in RGB24.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB24.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB24.3%
- Color FamilyGreyscale
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID3E3E3E
- DECIMAL ID4079166
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
