Dusty Rose and Charcoal color palette
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Charcoal carries a faint cool tilt toward blue, which keeps it from reading as flat black and lets it sit comfortably next to softer tones. Against the warm, muted pink of Dusty Rose, you get a clear light-dark split (lightness 0.74 against 0.38) without any harsh edge. The measures 4.25 to 1, enough for large headings on either background but not for body text.
In interiors, this pairing reads as quiet and grown-up: charcoal walls or upholstery grounding rose linens, cushions, or plaster. For branding, charcoal handles logos and body copy while Dusty Rose works for accents, backgrounds, and packaging. Their midpoint lands on a soft mauve-gray (#7D7177) that works well as a supporting neutral.
See Dusty Rose and Charcoal in use
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Dusty Rose Tailwind scale (50-900)
Charcoal Tailwind scale (50-900)
Dusty Rose to Charcoal blend
A continuous interpolation from Dusty Rose to Charcoal, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Dusty Rose and Charcoal blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Dusty Rose text on Charcoal (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as dusty-rose-800 or charcoal-900 with a light one like charcoal-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Dusty Rose steps, columns are Charcoal steps. Each mark is a Dusty Rose step shown on a Charcoal step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-dusty-rose-50: #FCF9F9;
--color-dusty-rose-100: #F9F3F3;
--color-dusty-rose-200: #F3EAE9;
--color-dusty-rose-300: #ECDCDC;
--color-dusty-rose-400: #E2CACA;
--color-dusty-rose-500: #C9A0A0;
--color-dusty-rose-600: #A48282;
--color-dusty-rose-700: #7C6161;
--color-dusty-rose-800: #483838;
--color-dusty-rose-900: #1E1515;
--color-charcoal-50: #F2F3F4;
--color-charcoal-100: #E5E7E8;
--color-charcoal-200: #CFD3D5;
--color-charcoal-300: #B1B7BC;
--color-charcoal-400: #8A949A;
--color-charcoal-500: #36454F;
--color-charcoal-600: #2A373F;
--color-charcoal-700: #1E272E;
--color-charcoal-800: #0D1317;
--color-charcoal-900: #030406;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'dusty-rose': {
50: '#FCF9F9',
100: '#F9F3F3',
200: '#F3EAE9',
300: '#ECDCDC',
400: '#E2CACA',
500: '#C9A0A0',
600: '#A48282',
700: '#7C6161',
800: '#483838',
900: '#1E1515',
},
'charcoal': {
50: '#F2F3F4',
100: '#E5E7E8',
200: '#CFD3D5',
300: '#B1B7BC',
400: '#8A949A',
500: '#36454F',
600: '#2A373F',
700: '#1E272E',
800: '#0D1317',
900: '#030406',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--dusty-rose-50: #FCF9F9;
--dusty-rose-100: #F9F3F3;
--dusty-rose-200: #F3EAE9;
--dusty-rose-300: #ECDCDC;
--dusty-rose-400: #E2CACA;
--dusty-rose-500: #C9A0A0;
--dusty-rose-600: #A48282;
--dusty-rose-700: #7C6161;
--dusty-rose-800: #483838;
--dusty-rose-900: #1E1515;
--charcoal-50: #F2F3F4;
--charcoal-100: #E5E7E8;
--charcoal-200: #CFD3D5;
--charcoal-300: #B1B7BC;
--charcoal-400: #8A949A;
--charcoal-500: #36454F;
--charcoal-600: #2A373F;
--charcoal-700: #1E272E;
--charcoal-800: #0D1317;
--charcoal-900: #030406;
}SCSS variables
$dusty-rose-50: #FCF9F9; $dusty-rose-100: #F9F3F3; $dusty-rose-200: #F3EAE9; $dusty-rose-300: #ECDCDC; $dusty-rose-400: #E2CACA; $dusty-rose-500: #C9A0A0; $dusty-rose-600: #A48282; $dusty-rose-700: #7C6161; $dusty-rose-800: #483838; $dusty-rose-900: #1E1515; $charcoal-50: #F2F3F4; $charcoal-100: #E5E7E8; $charcoal-200: #CFD3D5; $charcoal-300: #B1B7BC; $charcoal-400: #8A949A; $charcoal-500: #36454F; $charcoal-600: #2A373F; $charcoal-700: #1E272E; $charcoal-800: #0D1317; $charcoal-900: #030406;
JSON tokens
{
"dusty-rose": {
"50": "#FCF9F9",
"100": "#F9F3F3",
"200": "#F3EAE9",
"300": "#ECDCDC",
"400": "#E2CACA",
"500": "#C9A0A0",
"600": "#A48282",
"700": "#7C6161",
"800": "#483838",
"900": "#1E1515"
},
"charcoal": {
"50": "#F2F3F4",
"100": "#E5E7E8",
"200": "#CFD3D5",
"300": "#B1B7BC",
"400": "#8A949A",
"500": "#36454F",
"600": "#2A373F",
"700": "#1E272E",
"800": "#0D1317",
"900": "#030406"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Dusty Rose and Charcoal); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.