#342931Melanzane (#342931) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 336°, lightness 0.3 and chroma 0.021. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #342931 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(52, 41, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(316, 12%, 18%) |
| HSV | hsv(316, 21%, 20%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21%, 6%, 80%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(18.1 6.8 -3.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.296 0.021 336) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Melanzane shifts subtly: takes on a pink cast; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#36282d — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: takes on a pink cast#362930 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#342931 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#342932 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Melanzane in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 13.93:1 and against black 1.51:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#a0979d · #7b7178 · #594e56 · #342931 · #191017 · #020002
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#683e46 · #562d40 · #342931 · #2f1435 · #1c0c2c · #0a0521
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d6b3ae · #b690ac · #a76e66 · #7a5470 · #593f3b · #342931
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#9dd3b0 · #766070 · #52454e · #342931 · #1e0b1a · #040003
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ecf4ef · #bab0b7 · #767b77 · #4b4148 · #342931 · #131915
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f5f0f4 · #cdc7cb · #a19a9f · #342931 · #070206 · #dc66c4
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#f5f0f4 · #cdc7cb · #a19a9f · #342931 · #070206 · #dfc34d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e6f7ec · #95c0a4 · #538767 · #244e35 · #342931 · #22111e
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e6f7ec · #aabb92 · #3e8880 · #3c4a23 · #342931 · #001d1a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f6f2e1 · #bfb489 · #3e8596 · #0c4c5a · #342931 · #1d1703
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#fdefe2 · #cfad8c · #538767 · #254764 · #342931 · #071d10
#51464E · #70666D · #90878D · #B1AAAF · #D4CED2
#2C232A · #251C23 · #1E161C · #171015 · #110B0F
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.