Charcoal

#373f3f

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 #373f3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#373f3f

RGB55, 63, 63

HSL180, 7%, 23%

HSV180, 13%, 25%

CMYK13%, 0%, 0%, 75%

Lab25.94, -3.3, -1.13

XYZ4.25, 4.73, 5.39

Decimal3620671

Web safe#333333

Pantone433 C

Shades of charcoal

#333a3a #2b3131 #272c2c #1f2323 #1a1e1e #121515

Tints of charcoal

#485353 #5a6767 #6b7b7b #7e8e8e #929f9f #a6b1b1 #bac2c2 #ced4d4 #e1e5e5 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with charcoal

Complementary#3f3737 Analogous#373f3b Analogous#373b3f Triadic#3f373f Triadic#3f3f37 Split complementary#3f373b Split complementary#3f3b37

Charcoal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 0, 75.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #373f3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 0 75

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 4 81

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 #373f3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #373f3f; }
.text { color: #373f3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #373f3f; }

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 #373f3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #373f3f 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 #373f3f 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 #373f3f 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 #373f3f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.