#454A54 · Graphite

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#454A54 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 264°. 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.

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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

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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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