Charleston Green Color

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Color Name

Charleston Green

Hex Color Code

#232B2B

RGB Color Code

RGB(35, 43, 43)

CMYK Values*

18.6%, 0.0%, 0.0%, 83.1%

Color Family (Hue)

Black

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#232B2B Charleston Green Color - Color codes and meaning | Matching colors and paints

Charleston Green is an extremely dark shade of cyan. Charleston green originated after the American Civil War, approximately 1865, when it was widely used to paint homes in Charleston, South Carolina, during Reconstruction.

What color is Charleston Green?

Charleston Green color belongs to the Black color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Charleston Green is #232B2B, and the RGB color code is RGB(35, 43, 43).

In the RGB color model, Charleston Green has a red value of 35, a green value of 43, and a blue value of 43. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 18.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 83.1% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 180° (degrees), 10.3 % saturation, and 15.3 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Charleston Green has a hue of 180° (degrees), 18.6 % saturation and 16.9 % brightness/value.

Charleston Green is cool or warm?

The color Charleston Green is a cool color.

What is the LRV of Charleston Green? (For interior and product design)

Charleston Green has an LRV of nearly 2.3. By LRV value, it is a very dark color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color

Charleston Green

LRV 2.3

Light Color

Compare LRV 2.3 of Charleston Green with dark and light color

Is Charleston Green Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color Charleston Green meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

Charleston Green color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #232B2B

Hex triplet: #232B2B
Red: 23
Green: 2B
Blue: 2B

RGBA / RGB rgb(35, 43, 43)

Red: 35 (13.7%)
Green: 43 (16.9%)
Blue: 43 (16.9%)
Alpha: 1 (100.0%)

CMYK

Cyan: 18.60%
Magenta: 0.00%
Yellow: 0.00%
Key: 83.14%

HSL hsl(180deg, 10.3 %, 15.3 %)

Hue: 180°
Saturation: 10.26 %
Lightness: 15.29 %

HSV / HSB

Hue: 180°
Saturation: 18.60 %
Brightness / Value: 16.86 %

RYB ryb(178, 188, 201)

Red: 178 (69.7%)
Yellow: 188 (73.8%)
Blue: 201 (79.0%)

HWB

Hue: 180°
Whiteness: 13.73 %
Blackness: 83.14 %

CMY

Cyan: 86.27%
Magenta: 83.14%
Yellow: 83.14%

XYZ

X: 1.99
Y: 2.26
Z: 2.62

YXY

Y1: 2.26
X: 0.29
Y2: 0.33

CIE-Lab

L: 16.79
A: -3.48
B: -1.17

CIE-Lch

L: 16.79
C: 3.67
H: 198.66

CIE-Luv

L: 16.79
U: -3.4
V: -0.74

Hunter-Lab

L: 15.03
A: -2.64
B: 0.2

Other

LRV: ~ 2.3 %
Munsell Color System: 2BG 1.6/1.1

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What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0

Identical – an exact match

ΔE under 1

Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them

ΔE 1 – 2

Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection

ΔE 2 – 10

Perceptible at a glance

ΔE over 10

Reads as a different color altogether

Named colors similar to Charleston Green

These are the named colors closest to Charleston Green , closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#232B2B Color Charleston Green

100.00% match | ΔE 0.00

#1A2421 Color Dark Jungle Green

96.48% match | ΔE 3.52

#2A3439 Color Gunmetal

95.73% match | ΔE 4.27

#2D383A Color Outer Space

95.69% match | ΔE 4.31

Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system

Pantone TCX

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent colors from Pantone TCX. Conversion of Charleston Green to Pantone TCX

#272C2A Color PANTONE 19-5708 TCX - Jet Set

98.09% match | ΔE 1.91

#272B2D Color PANTONE 19-4000 TCX - Affenpinscher

96.98% match | ΔE 3.02

#24312D Color PANTONE 19-5350 TCX - Scarab

95.86% match | ΔE 4.14

#282C30 Color PANTONE 19-4204 TCX - Bottomless Pit

95.81% match | ΔE 4.19

RAL Design

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent colors from RAL Design. Conversion of Charleston Green to RAL Design

#263032 Color RAL 220 20 05 - Navy Black

97.94% match | ΔE 2.06

#263130 Color RAL 200 20 05 - Concealed Green

97.58% match | ΔE 2.42

#293135 Color RAL 240 20 05 - Nightshade Blue

96.58% match | ΔE 3.42

#283330 Color RAL 180 20 05 - Pitch Green

96.48% match | ΔE 3.52

Pantone PMS

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent colors from Pantone PMS. Conversion of Charleston Green to Pantone PMS

#25282A Color PANTONE 426 C

96.40% match | ΔE 3.60

#212322 Color PANTONE 419 C

96.05% match | ΔE 3.95

#212721 Color PANTONE Black 3 C

95.89% match | ΔE 4.11

#1D252D Color PANTONE 433 C

94.21% match | ΔE 5.79

RAL Classic

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent colors from RAL Classic. Conversion of Charleston Green to RAL Classic

#27292B Color RAL 9011 - Graphite Black

95.86% match | ΔE 4.14

#2F3234 Color RAL 7021 - Black Gray

95.60% match | ΔE 4.40

#2B2B2C Color RAL 9004 - Signal Black

94.94% match | ΔE 5.06

#2A292A Color RAL 9017 - Traffic Black

94.21% match | ΔE 5.79

British Standard 4800

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent colors from British Standard 4800. Conversion of Charleston Green to British Standard 4800

#323638 Color BS 18-B-27 - Grey

95.13% match | ΔE 4.87

#1F261C Color BS 16-C-40 - Deep Green

93.54% match | ΔE 6.46

#363E42 Color BS 00-A-13 - Storm Grey (Greyfriar)

93.23% match | ΔE 6.77

#191A1C Color BS 18-B-29 - Blue

93.19% match | ΔE 6.81

Paint similar to Charleston Green

These are the real paint colors closest to Charleston Green from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from Charleston Green once it is on a wall.

Benjamin Moore

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of Charleston Green to Benjamin Moore

#242E2C Color Black Forest Green (HC-187)

97.98% match | ΔE 2.02

#303536 Color Black Knight (2136-10)

96.04% match | ΔE 3.96

#313435 Color Black Satin (2131-10)

95.50% match | ΔE 4.50

#323436 Color Midnight Dream (2129-10)

94.72% match | ΔE 5.28

Valspar

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of Charleston Green to Valspar

#252D31 Color Tempest's Teapot (M250)

97.11% match | ΔE 2.89

#2D3435 Color Nocturnal Green (5011-1)

96.87% match | ΔE 3.13

#2F3837 Color Forest Canopy (5010-1)

95.85% match | ΔE 4.15

#292F35 Color Deep Space Echo (T691)

95.14% match | ΔE 4.86

Sherwin Williams

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of Charleston Green to Sherwin Williams

#323639 Color Black of Night (SW 6993)

94.78% match | ΔE 5.22

#31363A Color Inkwell (SW 6992)

94.72% match | ΔE 5.28

#303B39 Color Rookwood Shutter Green (SW 2809)

94.70% match | ΔE 5.30

#2F2F30 Color Tricorn Black (SW 6258)

94.66% match | ΔE 5.34

Behr

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of Charleston Green to Behr

#3B3C3B Color Limousine Leather (MQ5-05)

92.89% match | ΔE 7.11

#3D3E3E Color Carbon (N520-7)

92.25% match | ΔE 7.75

#3F3F3E Color Black (Behr)

91.67% match | ΔE 8.33

#3F4041 Color Totally Black (HDC-MD-04)

91.54% match | ΔE 8.46

PPG Paints

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of Charleston Green to PPG Paints

#3C3D3D Color Starless Sky (PPG0995-7)

92.53% match | ΔE 7.47

#3D4645 Color Dark As Night (PPG14-05)

91.33% match | ΔE 8.67

#414040 Color Black Magic (PPG1001-7)

90.83% match | ΔE 9.17

#3B484F Color Midnight Hour (PPG1038-7)

89.87% match | ΔE 10.13

Dunn-Edwards

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of Charleston Green to Dunn-Edwards

#3B3A3A Color Black (DEA 002)

92.31% match | ΔE 7.69

#3E3F41 Color Dark Engine (DE 6350)

91.62% match | ΔE 8.38

#384543 Color Refined Green (DEA 181)

91.53% match | ΔE 8.47

#414549 Color Stargazing (DE 6336)

90.34% match | ΔE 9.66

Farrow & Ball

Charleston Green color similar/equivalent paint from Farrow & Ball. Conversion of Charleston Green to Farrow & Ball

#3D3C3C Color Pitch Black (256)

91.84% match | ΔE 8.16

#454749 Color Off-Black (57)

89.62% match | ΔE 10.38

#45494C Color Railings (31)

89.32% match | ΔE 10.68

#464D4A Color Studio Green (93)

88.78% match | ΔE 11.22

Color Combinations

View more Charleston Green - #232B2B color palettes and coordinating colors

000000

0C0F0F

232B2B

3A4747

516363

687F7F

Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

232B23

232B27

232B2B

23272B

23232B

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

232B2B

2B232B

2B2B23

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

232B2B

27232B

2B2323

272B23

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

232B2B

394040

4F5555

656A6A

7B7F7F

919595

A7AAAA

BDBFBF

D3D4D4

E9E9E9

FFFFFF

Charleston Green - #232B2B Tints

232B2B

1F2626

1C2222

181E1E

151919

111515

0E1111

0A0C0C

070808

030404

000000

Charleston Green - #232B2B Shades

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Complementary / Opposite Color

#232B2B

Charleston Green

#2B2323

Raisin Black*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of Charleston Green - #232B2B?

Color that best contrast with Charleston Green - #232B2B is #2B2323, color name is Raisin Black*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.