Charcoal

#454d49

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. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Charcoal color values

Every conversion for #454d49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#454d49

RGB69, 77, 73

HSL150, 5%, 29%

HSV150, 10%, 30%

CMYK10%, 0%, 5%, 70%

Lab31.93, -4.13, 1.27

XYZ6.31, 7.05, 7.33

Decimal4541769

Web safe#336633

Pantone446 C

Shades of charcoal

#404743 #3a413d #353b38 #2f3532 #2a2f2c #242826 #1f2221 #191c1b #141615 #0e100f

Tints of charcoal

#555f5a #66726c #76847d #88948e #9aa5a0 #adb5b1 #bfc5c2 #d1d6d3 #e3e6e5 #f6f7f6

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#4d4549 Analogous#454d45 Analogous#454d4d Triadic#49454d Triadic#4d4945 Split complementary#4d454d Split complementary#4d4545

Charcoal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 5, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #454d49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 5 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 9 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 #454d49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #454d49; }
.text { color: #454d49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #454d49; }

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 #454d49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #454d49 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 #454d49 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 #454d49 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 #454d49 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.