#4D4742 · Graphite

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#4D4742 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Walnut. In OKLCH it has 40% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 62°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #4D4742 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#4D4742
RGBrgb(77, 71, 66)
HSLhsl(27, 8%, 28%)
CMYK0, 8, 14, 70
CSS var--graphite
Contrast9.15:1 white · 2.3:1 black

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How to use #4D4742

White text passes WCAG AA on #4D4742 (9.15:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4D4742 with its analogous neighbors #4D4242 and #4D4D42; for contrast use its complement #42484D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #4D4742;

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