HEX atlas value

#3B4418

#3B4418 is a cool green HEX color close to Espresso. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 59, 68, 24, HSL 72, 48%, 18%, has luminance 0.0513, and belongs to the dark, earth tone, and jewel tone groups.

green cool dark earth-tone jewel-tone

#3B4418 Sample readable text

HEX #3B4418

RGB rgb(59, 68, 24)

HSL hsl(72 48% 18%)

CMYK cmyk(13, 0, 65, 73)

Luminance 0.0513

Contrast Black 2.03:1White 10.37:1

CSS

--color-3b4418: #3B4418;
.background-3b4418 { background-color: #3B4418; }
.text-3b4418 { color: #3B4418; }

Luminance0.0513

Black text2.03:1AA Fail

White text10.37:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#3B4418","rgb":[59,68,24],"hsl":[72,48,18],"cmyk":[13,0,65,73],"luminance":0.0513,"contrast":{"black":2.03,"white":10.37}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.03,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":10.37,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#211844","hex":"#211844","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.28,"contrastWhite":16.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#353A22","hex":"#353A22","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.78,"contrastWhite":11.8,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#443718","hex":"#443718","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.81,"contrastWhite":11.63,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","dark","earth tone","jewel tone","dark green","earth tone green","jewel tone green","Espresso adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","rich accent palettes","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/3b4418.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/espresso.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pine-bark.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terre-verte.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#211844","analogous":["#443718","#254418"],"triadic":["#183B44","#44183B"],"tetradic":["#184437","#211844","#441825"],"splitComplementary":["#182544","#371844"],"monochromatic":["#768830","#3B4418","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#768830","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#414E0E","desaturated":"#353A22","pastel":"#839249","neon":"#6A8500"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"espresso","name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","distance":23.08679276123039},{"slug":"pine-bark","name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","distance":25.495097567963924},{"slug":"terre-verte","name":"Terre Verte","hex":"#385E0F","distance":27.676705006196094},{"slug":"taupe","name":"Taupe","hex":"#483C32","distance":30.14962686336267},{"slug":"peat","name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","distance":31.144823004794873}]

HEX meaning and use

About #3B4418

#3B4418 is classified as a cool green value with dark, earth tone, and jewel tone visual character. #3B4418 is visually closest to Espresso, a named orange color with HEX #4B3621.

The RGB channels are 59, 68, and 24, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 72deg with 48% saturation and 18% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0513, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.09, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.03:1AA Fail

White text10.37:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #3B4418 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.03:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF10.37:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#FFFFFF text · best 21:1#000000

#211844#FFFFFF text · best 16.43:1#211844

Peat#FFFFFF text · best 12.85:1#3B2F2F

#353A22#FFFFFF text · best 11.8:1#353A22

#443718#FFFFFF text · best 11.63:1#443718

Generated Palette

#3B4418#3B4418

#211844#211844

#443718#443718

#254418#254418

#768830#768830

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#211844#211844

#443718#443718

#254418#254418

#183B44#183B44

#44183B#44183B

Variants

#768830#768830

Black#000000

#414E0E#414E0E

#353A22#353A22

#839249#839249

#6A8500#6A8500

Nearest Named Colors

Espresso#4B3621

Pine Bark#4A3728

Terre Verte#385E0F

Taupe#483C32

Peat#3B2F2F

#3B4418

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #3B4418

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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