#44404C
Charcoal · dark neutral
About #44404C
#44404C is a dark, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 27% red, 25% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 70% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Visually it is very close to Charcoal (ΔE 7.8), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #484C40 (umber), its complementary partner.
Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.08:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #44404C?
#44404C is a dark, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 27% red, 25% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 70% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #44404C?
Use white text. White on #44404C has a contrast ratio of 10.08:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #44404C?
Its complementary colour is #484C40, and analogous partners are #40424C and #4A404C.