Charcoal

#46463f

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

Charcoal carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. 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 #46463f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#46463f

RGB70, 70, 63

HSL60, 5%, 26%

HSV60, 10%, 27%

CMYK0%, 0%, 10%, 73%

Lab29.52, -1.48, 4.22

XYZ5.61, 6.04, 5.57

Decimal4605503

Web safe#333333

Pantone447 C

Shades of charcoal

#41413a #3b3b35 #363630 #30302c #2b2b27 #262622 #20201d #1b1b18 #151513 #10100e

Tints of charcoal

#595950 #6c6c61 #7f7f72 #909084 #a1a197 #b2b2aa #c4c4bd #d5d5d0 #e6e6e3 #f7f7f6

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#3f3f46 Analogous#46433f Analogous#43463f Triadic#3f4646 Triadic#463f46 Split complementary#3f4346 Split complementary#433f46

Charcoal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 10, 73.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #46463f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 10 73

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 13 79

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 #46463f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #46463f; }
.text { color: #46463f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #46463f; }

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 #46463f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #46463f 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 #46463f 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 #46463f 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

Here is how the numbers for #46463f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.