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#313851 Charcoal Blue

#313851 is Charcoal Blue.

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#313851

Charcoal Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #313851?

HEX
#313851
RGB
rgb(49, 56, 81)
HSL
hsl(227, 25%, 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(34.6% 0.045 272)
CMYK
40, 31, 0, 68

#313851 has a contrast ratio of 11.57:1 against white and 1.82:1 against black, so white is the better background for text in this color and light text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #313851
#313851
Same color
White
11.6AAA
Near-black
1.5Fail

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • White on #313851 · 11.6:1

Tints and shades of #313851

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #F2F5FF
  2. #CBD4F4
  3. #ACB6D4
  4. #8F98B5
  5. #727B97
  6. #575F7A
  7. #313851
  8. #252B43
  9. #0F142A

Colors that go with #313851

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. No two swatches become hard to tell apart here.

Export

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:root {
  --charcoal-blue-1: #313851; /* Charcoal Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #313851

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (61)

Arctic Fox

Gradients (7)

Mesh gradients (6)