#44495A · Graphite

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#44495A is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 272°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #44495A a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#44495A
RGBrgb(68, 73, 90)
HSLhsl(226, 14%, 31%)
CMYK24, 19, 0, 65
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.95:1 white · 2.35:1 black

Similar named colors

Graphite #4B4B4BCharcoal #36454FIron #3B3F42Eggplant #614051Charcoal Blue #2C3E50

How to use #44495A

White text passes WCAG AA on #44495A (8.95:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #44495A with its analogous neighbors #44545A and #4A445A; for contrast use its complement #5A5544 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #44495A;

Shades & tints

#0E0F12#1B1D24#292C36#363A48#44495A#696D7B#8F929C#B4B6BD#DADBDE

Color harmonies for #44495A

Complementary

#44495A#5A5544

Analogous

#44495A#44545A#4A445A

Triadic

#44495A#5A4449#495A44

Split complementary

#44495A#5A4A44#545A44

Tetradic

#44495A#5A4454#5A5544#445A4A

Palettes with #44495A