Charcoal

#36363e

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 #36363e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#36363e

RGB54, 54, 62

HSL240, 7%, 23%

HSV240, 13%, 24%

CMYK13%, 13%, 0%, 76%

Lab22.9, 1.95, -4.98

XYZ3.71, 3.77, 5.09

Decimal3552830

Web safe#333333

Pantone532 C

Shades of charcoal

#2e2e35 #26262c #1e1e23 #161619 #0e0e10

Tints of charcoal

#484852 #595966 #6b6b7a #7d7d8e #91919f #a5a5b1 #b9b9c2 #cdcdd4 #e1e1e5 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#3e3e36 Analogous#363a3e Analogous#3a363e Triadic#3e3636 Triadic#363e36 Split complementary#3e3a36 Split complementary#3a3e36

Charcoal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 13, 0, 76.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #36363e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 13 0 76

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 16 4 82

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Charcoal in css

Copy #36363e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #36363e; }
.text { color: #36363e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #36363e; }

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 #36363e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #36363e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Charcoal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #36363e 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn charcoal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #36363e 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 #36363e is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.