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Carbon Complementary Color Scheme

Five colors arranged by the complementary rule around Carbon (#333333), each snapped to its nearest named color.

#333333
#784848
#274242
#0F1012
#4A7D82

Color names and codes

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYK
Carbon#33333351, 51, 510°, 0%, 20%0, 0, 0, 80
Cocobolo#784848120, 72, 720°, 25%, 38%0, 40, 40, 53
Theatre Dress#27424239, 66, 66180°, 26%, 21%41, 0, 0, 74
Ruined Smores#0F101215, 16, 18220°, 9%, 6%17, 11, 0, 93
Submerged#4A7D8274, 125, 130185°, 27%, 40%43, 4, 0, 49

Which pairs work for text

Text on backgroundContrastWCAG
Aa #0F1012 on #4A7D824.12:1AA large
Aa #333333 on #4A7D822.74:1—
Aa #784848 on #0F10122.56:1—
Aa #274242 on #4A7D822.34:1—
Aa #274242 on #0F10121.76:1—
Aa #333333 on #7848481.70:1—

CSS variables

:root {
  --color-1: #333333; /* Carbon */
  --color-2: #784848; /* Cocobolo */
  --color-3: #274242; /* Theatre Dress */
  --color-4: #0f1012; /* Ruined Smores */
  --color-5: #4a7d82; /* Submerged */
}

Other schemes from Carbon

More Dark Gray complementary palettes

Questions

What colors go with Carbon?

In a complementary scheme: Cocobolo (#784848), Theatre Dress (#274242), Ruined Smores (#0F1012), Submerged (#4A7D82).

What is the hex code of Carbon?

#333333.