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Charcoal Smoke

#484E45

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.57:1AAA

Black text

2.31:1Fails

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About Charcoal Smoke

Charcoal Smoke (#484E45) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 72, 78, 69 and its HSL value is 100°, 6%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.57:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Charcoal Smoke, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#484E45 · #4B454E

Analogous

#4C4E45 · #484E45 · #454E46

Triadic

#484E45 · #45484E · #4E4548

Split complementary

#484E45 · #46454E · #4E454C

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