Information about #3D3D3D color

#3D3D3D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #3D3D3D belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Dark brightness. In numbers: rgb(61, 61, 61) (23.9% red, 23.9% green, 23.9% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 76 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A quiet, subdued grey, #3D3D3D 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 Baltic Sea (#3C3D3E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Fuscous Grey (#3C3B3C) and Rockstar (#3D3A3C).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (61 each), placing #3D3D3D exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. If you plan to put text on a #3D3D3D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 10.9:1 (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. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#3D3D3D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#3D3D3D 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

Nearest named colors to #3D3D3D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Baltic Sea color link
Baltic Sea

#3C3D3E

Fuscous Grey color link
Fuscous Grey

#3C3B3C

Rockstar color link
Rockstar

#3D3A3C

Iridium color link
Iridium

#3D3C3A

Gravity color link
Gravity

#3D4040

Black Sheep color link
Black Sheep

#3E393A

Zeus color link
Zeus

#3B3C38

Eclipse color link
Eclipse

#3F3939

Atom color link
Atom

#373A3C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3D3D3D
  • RGB61, 61, 61
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 76
  • CSSrgb(61, 61, 61)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 24%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 23.922%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 24%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 24%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • GLSLvec3(0.239, 0.239, 0.239)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.239, 0.239, 0.239, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.239, 0.239, 0.239)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB23.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.9%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID3D3D3D
  • DECIMAL ID4013373
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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