Color

#3e3738

#3e3738
hex#3e3738
rgbrgb(62, 55, 56)
hslhsl(351, 6%, 23%)
oklchoklch(0.344 0.01 7.8)
Closest name: After Dark (#3c3535)Relative luminance 0.0404

Colors that go with #3e3738

Amber, Blue and Blush Pink lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#373e3d

#3e373c · #3e3a37

#383e37 · #37383e

Split-complementary

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#373e3a · #373c3e

#3c3e37 · #373e3d · #3a373e

Contrast

#3e3738 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
11.61:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.81:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #7f7173 as the text (4.51:1)
  • AAA: use #9f9395 as the text (7.08:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #a3a3a3 (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (7.01:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #3e3738 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#3e3738 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #3e3738
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #3e3738 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/3e3738-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md