#44564C
Charcoal · dark cool gray
About #44564C
#44564C is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 34% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 14.5); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #56444E — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #44564C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.83:1).
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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 #44564C?
#44564C is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 34% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #44564C?
Use white text. White on #44564C has a contrast ratio of 7.83:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #44564C?
Its complementary colour is #56444E, and analogous partners are #455644 and #445655.