#48554C
Charcoal · dark neutral
About #48554C
#48554C is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 33% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 67% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Charcoal (ΔE 13.7); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #554851 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #48554C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.84:1).
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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 #48554C?
#48554C is a near-neutral, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 28% red, 33% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 67% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #48554C?
Use white text. White on #48554C has a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #48554C?
Its complementary colour is #554851, and analogous partners are #4B5548 and #485553.