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Charcoal Smoke

#494E43

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.56:1AAA

Black text

2.31:1Fails

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About Charcoal Smoke

Charcoal Smoke (#494E43) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 73, 78, 67 and its HSL value is 87°, 8%, 28%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (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

#494E43 · #48434E

Analogous

#4E4E43 · #494E43 · #444E43

Triadic

#494E43 · #43494E · #4E4349

Split complementary

#494E43 · #43444E · #4D434E

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