Charcoal color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around charcoal. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Charcoal is #36454F — deep muted azure. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and charcoal color palettes to copy.

Charcoal hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#36454F
HEX
#36454F
RGB
rgb(54, 69, 79)
HSL
hsl(204, 19%, 26%)
OKLCH
oklch(38.1% 0.026 237.5)
On white
9.90:1
On black
2.12:1

Shades of charcoal

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Charcoal on white measures 9.90:1 and on black 2.12:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.26:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:gunmetal, damson. See every shade on the colors index.