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Charcoal Smoke

#454E44

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.66:1AAA

Black text

2.29:1Fails

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About Charcoal Smoke

Charcoal Smoke (#454E44) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 69, 78, 68 and its HSL value is 114°, 7%, 29%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.66:1 (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

#454E44 · #4D444E

Analogous

#4A4E44 · #454E44 · #444E48

Triadic

#454E44 · #44454E · #4E4445

Split complementary

#454E44 · #48444E · #4E444A

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