Information about #38353F color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #38353F 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 practically indistinguishable from Revolver (#37363F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Black Marlin (#383740) and Vulcan (#36383C).
In RGB terms — rgb(56, 53, 63) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #38353F background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.7:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:75) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #38353F so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#38353F color variations
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#38353F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#38353F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#38353F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#38353F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#38353F 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 #38353F color
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Nearest named colors to #38353F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#37363F
#383740
#36383C
#34343C
#373A3C
#32373F
#34363A
#33343A
#343B40
#353839
#383838
#3D3A3C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#38353F
- RGB56, 53, 63
- CMYK3, 4, 0, 75
- CSSrgb(56, 53, 63)
- HSL258°, 9%, 23%
- HSL Precise258°, 8.621%, 22.745%
- HSV258°, 16%, 25%
- HSB258°, 16%, 25%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.208
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.247
- GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.208, 0.247)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.208, 0.247, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.208, 0.247)
- Percentage of Red in RGB22%
- Percentage of Green in RGB20.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB24.7%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID38353F
- DECIMAL ID3683647
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
