#454A54 · near Graphite

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#454A54 (RGB 69, 74, 84) is a dark, nearly neutral gray, closest to Graphite and near Charcoal and Iron. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #454A54 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 264°.

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HEX#454A54
RGBrgb(69, 74, 84)
HSLhsl(220, 10%, 30%)
CMYK18, 12, 0, 67
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.9:1 white · 2.36:1 black

Similar named colors

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

How to use #454A54

White text passes WCAG AA on #454A54 (8.9:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #454A54 with its analogous neighbors #455254 and #474554; for contrast use its complement #544F45 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #454A54;

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#454A54 hex color card: near Graphite, RGB 69, 74, 84
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Shades & tints

#0E0F11#1C1E22#292C32#373B43#454A54#6A6E76#8F9298#B5B7BB#DADBDD

Color harmonies for #454A54

Complementary

#454A54#544F45

Analogous

#454A54#455254#474554

Triadic

#454A54#54454A#4A5445

Split complementary

#454A54#544745#525445

Tetradic

#454A54#544552#544F45#455447

Palettes with #454A54