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#62637a

a dark, muted blue · cool · closest name: Dim Gray

Token name suggestion: Forest Sapphire

RGB
98, 99, 122
HSL
238°, 11%, 43%
CMYK
20, 19, 0, 52
Luminance
0.1293

#62637a is a dark muted blue, 238° on the wheel and 61/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.86:1). As text it scores 5.86:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dim Gray, nearest Tailwind family is gray.

hsl(238 11% 43%)rgb(98 99 122)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #62637a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#62637a
Hue
238°
blue
Saturation
11%
muted
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
48%
HSV value
Perceived
40%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1293
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
61/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Muted
Best ink
White
5.86:1
Closest name
Dim Gray
ΔE2000 11.3
Chroma
13.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.507
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
gray
500 · ΔE 7.7
Web-safe
#666666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue238° of 360°
Saturation11%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #62637a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool61% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green69%
Blue11%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#62637a
HEX (8-digit)#62637aff
RGBrgb(98, 99, 122)
RGBArgba(98, 99, 122, 1)
HSLhsl(238, 11%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238, 20%, 48%)
HWBhwb(238 38% 52%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 19%, 0%, 52%)
LABlab(42.6 4.9 -13.0)
LCHlch(42.6 13.9 290.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.507 0.036 283.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.01, 12.93, 20.22)
Decimal6447994
Display P3color(display-p3 0.384 0.388 0.478)
Web-safe#666666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #62637a;
background-color: #62637a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #62637a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#62637a] bg-[#62637a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #62637a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.384, green: 0.388, blue: 0.478)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.384, green: 0.388, blue: 0.478, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#62637A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF62637A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF62637A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(122, 99, 98)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(98, 99, 122)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(98, 99, 122)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 98, 99, 122)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3843f, 0.3882f, 0.4784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{98,99,122}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #62637a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #62637a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#393947, #DDDDE4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #62637a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F7F8;
  --brand-100: #EEEFF1;
  --brand-200: #DBDBE1;
  --brand-300: #C1C1CD;
  --brand-400: #A2A2B4;
  --brand-500: #83849B;
  --brand-600: #6D6E88;
  --brand-700: #62637a;
  --brand-800: #49495A;
  --brand-900: #373843;
  --brand-950: #22232A;
  --brand: #62637a;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F7F8;
  --brand-border: #D2D2DB;
  --brand-hover: #525366;
  --brand-pressed: #424352;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #19191F;
    --brand-ink: #DDDDE4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F7F8',
        100: '#EEEFF1',
        200: '#DBDBE1',
        300: '#C1C1CD',
        400: '#A2A2B4',
        500: '#83849B',
        600: '#6D6E88',
        700: '#62637a',
        800: '#49495A',
        900: '#373843',
        950: '#22232A',
        DEFAULT: '#62637a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F7F8,
  '100': #EEEFF1,
  '200': #DBDBE1,
  '300': #C1C1CD,
  '400': #A2A2B4,
  '500': #83849B,
  '600': #6D6E88,
  '700': #62637a,
  '800': #49495A,
  '900': #373843,
  '950': #22232A,
);
$brand-base: #62637a;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEEFF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBDBE1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1C1CD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A2A2B4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#83849B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6D6E88", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#62637a", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#49495A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#373843", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#22232A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #62637a · 5.86:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.59:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #62637a as text scores 5.86:1 on white and 3.59:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F1F1F4 at 5.20:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#62637a · 5.86:1
AA on whitealready passes
#62637a
The quick fox
#57576C · 7.04:1
AAA on white−5% L
#57576C
The quick fox
#72738E · 4.56:1
AA on black+7% L
#72738E
The quick fox
#9495A9 · 7.13:1
AAA on black+19% L
#9495A9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #62637A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#62637a on white: 5.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#62637a on black: 3.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #62637a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #62637a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.86:1AaAa
Slate 505.60:1AaAa
Slate 1005.35:1AaAa
Slate 2004.75:1AaAa
Slate 3003.95:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5001.23:1AaAa
Slate 6001.29:1AaAa
Slate 7001.77:1AaAa
Slate 8002.50:1AaAa
Slate 9003.05:1AaAa
Black3.59:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #5D657B
deuteranopia · #5C6479
tritanopia · #5D676B

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #62637a is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F7F8
#EEEFF1
#DBDBE1
#C1C1CD
#A2A2B4
#83849B
#6D6E88
#62637a
#49495A
#373843
#22232A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F7F7F8Darkest = 950 · #22232AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.009 283.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 283.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.022 283.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.028 283.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.033 283.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.036 283.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.036 283.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.034 283.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.030 283.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.025 283.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.020 283.1);
}

Colors that work with #62637a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F7F7F8
Tinted page background
Border#D2D2DB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#66677F
Captions on the surface
Accent#7E755E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#393947
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F1F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#19191F
Dark-mode background
Hover#525366
One step down in lightness
Pressed#424352
Two steps down
Disabled#9C9DB0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5F6191
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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Data
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How to use #62637a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7A7962
Analogous left#626F7A
Analogous right#6D627A
Split-complement 1#7A6D62
Split-complement 2#6F7A62
Triadic 1#7A6263
Triadic 2#637A62
Tetradic#7A626F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°238°

#62637a sits at 238°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red38.4%
Green38.8%
Blue47.8%
R · 0–255
98
0x62
G · 0–255
99
0x63
B · 0–255
122
0x7a

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.7%
Magenta18.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)52.2%

Total ink coverage is 91%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#62637a text on a black background

contrast 3.59:1

Card sample

#62637a text on a white background

contrast 5.86:1

Card sample

#62637a on grey

5.35:1

#62637a on its own surface

5.47:1

#62637a on its dark surface

2.99:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #62637a;
Background color
Panel with #62637a background
background-color: #62637a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #62637a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(98, 99, 122, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(98, 99, 122, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #62637a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #62637a, #71627A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #62637a, #77627A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #62637a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #62637a;
caret-color: #62637a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #62637a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F1F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #62637a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#62637a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #62637a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(98, 99, 122, 0.5)
rgb(98 99 122 / 50%)
#62637a80
hsl(238 11% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #62637a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#62637a1a#EFEFF2
20%#62637a33#E0E0E4
40%#62637a66#C0C1CA
60%#62637a99#A1A1AF
80%#62637acc#818295

Gradients from #62637a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #808199, #62637a 45%, #393947);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #62637a, #635469);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #62637a, #7A7962);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9192A7 0%, #62637a 45%, #393947 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F7F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #7A8B94 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7E708B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #393947 0%, transparent 65%), #62637a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #62637a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#62637a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.59:1 — lift it to #72738E for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#62637a, answered

What color is #62637a?

#62637a is a dark muted blue, closest to Dim Gray (ΔE2000 11.3). It sits at 238° on the hue wheel with 11% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #62637a?

rgb(98, 99, 122) — 98 red, 99 green and 122 blue out of 255, or 38.4% / 38.8% / 47.8% by channel.

What is #62637a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(238, 11%, 43%) and hsv(238, 20%, 48%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #62637a a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1293 and perceived brightness is 40%, so white text on it reaches 5.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #62637a?

White. It scores 5.86:1 against #62637a, versus 3.59:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #62637a accessible on a white background?

#62637a on white scores 5.86:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #62637a?

#7A7962 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7A6D62 and #6F7A62, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #62637a?

For interface work: #F7F7F8 as the surface, #D2D2DB for borders, #66677F for secondary text, #7E755E as an accent and #393947 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #626F7A and #6D627A stays calm, while #7A7962 is the loudest partner.

What is #62637a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(20%, 19%, 0%, 52%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #62637a warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 61 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6A627A; nudged cooler, #606B7C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #62637a?

The gray family — its 500 step is #6b7280, ΔE2000 7.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #62637a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #62637a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#62637a] or text-[#62637a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #62637a with 50% opacity?

rgba(98, 99, 122, 0.5), or #62637a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B1B1BD; over black, #31323D.

Is #62637a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666666, ΔE2000 11.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #62637a mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #62637a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #808199, #62637a 45%, #393947). For more colour, a short hue run to #635469 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #62637a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #62637a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.