Charcoal

#3e4747

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for charcoal, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Charcoal, a deep neutral that behaves like a grey. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Charcoal color values

Every conversion for #3e4747, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e4747

RGB62, 71, 71

HSL180, 7%, 26%

HSV180, 13%, 28%

CMYK13%, 0%, 0%, 72%

Lab29.38, -3.64, -1.24

XYZ5.38, 5.99, 6.83

Decimal4081479

Web safe#333333

Pantone432 C

Shades of charcoal

#394242 #343c3c #303737 #2b3131 #262c2c #212626 #1d2121 #181b1b #131616 #0e1010

Tints of charcoal

#4f5a5a #5f6d6d #708181 #829292 #96a3a3 #a9b4b4 #bcc4c4 #cfd5d5 #e2e6e6 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#473e3e Analogous#3e4743 Analogous#3e4347 Triadic#473e47 Triadic#47473e Split complementary#473e43 Split complementary#47433e

Charcoal in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 0, 72.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e4747 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 0 72

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 4 78

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Charcoal in css

Copy #3e4747 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e4747; }
.text { color: #3e4747; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e4747; }

How charcoal looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Charcoal and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3e4747 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e4747 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Charcoal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3e4747 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around charcoal? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn charcoal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3e4747 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from charcoal, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #3e4747 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.