#4F5052 · Graphite

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#4F5052 is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Graphite and near Graphite and Umber. In OKLCH it has 43% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 265°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #4F5052 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#4F5052
RGBrgb(79, 80, 82)
HSLhsl(220, 2%, 32%)
CMYK4, 2, 0, 68
CSS var--graphite
Contrast8.07:1 white · 2.6:1 black

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How to use #4F5052

White text passes WCAG AA on #4F5052 (8.07:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4F5052 with its analogous neighbors #505353 and #515053; for contrast use its complement #535250 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--graphite: #4F5052;

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