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#484E55 · Graphite
Click to copy#484E55 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 42% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 252°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #484E55 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.
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#484E55RGB
rgb(72, 78, 85)HSL
hsl(212, 8%, 31%)CMYK
15, 8, 0, 67CSS var
--graphiteContrast
8.41:1 white · 2.5:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #484E55
White text passes WCAG AA on #484E55 (8.41:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #484E55 with its analogous neighbors #495555 and #494955; for contrast use its complement #554F49 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--graphite: #484E55;
$graphite: #484E55;
colors: { 'graphite': '#484E55' }