#4A4A4A · near Graphite

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#4A4A4A (RGB 74, 74, 74) 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 #4A4A4A a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 5 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°.

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HEX#4A4A4A
RGBrgb(74, 74, 74)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 29%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 71
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.86:1 white · 2.37:1 black

Similar named colors

Graphite #4B4B4BCharcoal #36454FIron #3B3F42Walnut #5C4033Taupe #483C32

How to use #4A4A4A

White text passes WCAG AA on #4A4A4A (8.86:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4A4A4A with its analogous neighbors #4A4A4A and #4A4A4A; for contrast use its complement #4A4A4A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #4A4A4A;

Color card

#4A4A4A hex color card: near Graphite, RGB 74, 74, 74
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Shades & tints

#0F0F0F#1E1E1E#2C2C2C#3B3B3B#4A4A4A#6E6E6E#929292#B7B7B7#DBDBDB

Color harmonies for #4A4A4A

Complementary

#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

Analogous

#4A4A4A#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

Triadic

#4A4A4A#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

Split complementary

#4A4A4A#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

Tetradic

#4A4A4A#4A4A4A#4A4A4A#4A4A4A

Palettes with #4A4A4A