#4B4B4B · Graphite

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#4B4B4B is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Charcoal and Walnut. In OKLCH it has 41% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #4B4B4B a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#4B4B4B
RGBrgb(75, 75, 75)
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 29%)
CMYK0, 0, 0, 71
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.72:1 white · 2.41:1 black

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How to use #4B4B4B

White text passes WCAG AA on #4B4B4B (8.72:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4B4B4B 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: #4B4B4B;

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