Charcoal

#363e38

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 #363e38, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#363e38

RGB54, 62, 56

HSL135, 7%, 23%

HSV135, 13%, 24%

CMYK13%, 0%, 10%, 76%

Lab25.31, -4.74, 2.56

XYZ3.96, 4.52, 4.4

Decimal3554872

Web safe#333333

Pantone447 C

Shades of charcoal

#323934 #2a302c #222723 #1a1e1b #161917 #0e100f

Tints of charcoal

#48524a #59665c #6b7a6e #7d8e81 #919f94 #a5b1a8 #b9c2bb #cdd4cf #e1e5e2 #f5f7f6

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#3e363c Analogous#383e36 Analogous#363e3c Triadic#38363e Triadic#3e3836 Split complementary#3c363e Split complementary#3e3638

Charcoal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 10, 76.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #363e38 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 10 76

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 13 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 #363e38 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #363e38; }
.text { color: #363e38; }
.border { border: 2px solid #363e38; }

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 #363e38 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #363e38 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 #363e38 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 #363e38 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 #363e38 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.