#495057
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#495057 · Graphite
Click to copy#495057 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 43% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 248°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #495057 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.
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#495057RGB
rgb(73, 80, 87)HSL
hsl(210, 9%, 31%)CMYK
16, 8, 0, 66CSS var
--graphiteContrast
8.18:1 white · 2.57:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #495057
White text passes WCAG AA on #495057 (8.18:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.
For a calm scheme pair #495057 with its analogous neighbors #485656 and #484856; for contrast use its complement #564F48 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--graphite: #495057;
$graphite: #495057;
colors: { 'graphite': '#495057' }