Charcoal

#454d45

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

Charcoal is a near neutral, deep with barely any hue. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Charcoal color values

Every conversion for #454d45, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#454d45

RGB69, 77, 69

HSL120, 5%, 29%

HSV120, 10%, 30%

CMYK10%, 0%, 10%, 70%

Lab31.81, -5.01, 3.65

XYZ6.18, 7.0, 6.66

Decimal4541765

Web safe#336633

Pantone446 C

Shades of charcoal

#404740 #3a413a #353b35 #2f352f #2a2f2a #242824 #1f221f #191c19 #141614 #0e100e

Tints of charcoal

#555f55 #667266 #768476 #889488 #9aa59a #adb5ad #bfc5bf #d1d6d1 #e3e6e3 #f6f7f6

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#4d454d Analogous#494d45 Analogous#454d49 Triadic#45454d Triadic#4d4545 Split complementary#49454d Split complementary#4d4549

Charcoal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 10, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #454d45 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 10 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 13 76

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 #454d45 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #454d45; }
.text { color: #454d45; }
.border { border: 2px solid #454d45; }

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 #454d45 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #454d45 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 #454d45 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 #454d45 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

Every value on this page for #454d45 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.