Charcoal#36454F

#36454F is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.026 H 237.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Charcoal — editorial page

Color values

HEX#36454F
RGBrgb(54, 69, 79)
HSLhsl(204, 19%, 26%)
HSVhsv(204, 32%, 31%)
CMYKcmyk(31.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LABlab(28.39, -3.25, -7.96)
CIE-LCHlch(28.39, 8.60, 247.78°)
OKLaboklab(38.14% -0.0138 -0.0217)
OKLCHoklch(38.14% 0.026 237.5)
XYZxyz(5.0603, 5.6048, 8.2108)
Luminance0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#36454F #4F4036
analogous
#364F4C #36454F #36384F
triadic
#36454F #4F3645 #454F36
tetradic
#36454F #4C364F #4F4036 #384F36
square
#36454F #4C364F #4F4036 #384F36
split-complementary
#36454F #4F3638 #4F4C36
monochromatic
#0C1012 #1D252B #36454F #4F6573 #688498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90
#36454F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12
#36454F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36454F
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##36454F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##36454F1.009.902.129.90
#FFFFFF9.901.0021.001.00
#0000002.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.901.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#414550
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3D424F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2E4848
Achromatopsia (no color)
#434343

Related colors

#313E47
#2C3840
#283138
#232B31
#1E2529
#1A1F22
#15191C
#101315
#090B0C
#000000
#48565F
#5A676F
#6D7880
#818A91
#959DA3
#A9B0B4
#BEC3C7
#D3D7D9
#E9EBEC
#FFFFFF
#38454E
#39454D
#3A444B
#3C444A

Palettes with this color

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #36454f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 69, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.026 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7880',
    500: '#36454f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #36454f;
$custom-light: #6d7880;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#36454f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 18.797,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38138,
    "c": 0.02578,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#36454F
secondary
#7F6D62
accent
#8C6CBB
background
#F6F7F7
surface
#EBEDEE
border
#C6C8C9
text
#07090A
muted
#7A7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #36454F

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#36454F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva