# Near-black and charcoal color palette

This palette moves within dark gray. It steadily lightens across a narrow lightness range, combining near-neutral color with gentle contrast. Its quiet and understated character suits website sections and presentation backgrounds, especially compositions that need closely related light and dark areas.

- Also called: Black and dark gray linear swatches
- Seed: `kSIgfFHwJACgDQA`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA?style=linearSwatches&steps=13
- Drawn as: linear swatches, 13 steps, 90 degrees
- Kinds: neutral, dark
- Hues: achromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 1.5 to 1

## Colors

The name most people give each color, and the text color that reads on it with its contrast.

| Stop | Hex | OKLCH | Name | Text on it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | `#07080c` | `oklch(13.39% 0.0096 277.03)` | Reversed Grey | white, 20 to 1 |
| 2 | `#090a0e` | `oklch(14.63% 0.0091 277.15)` | Existential Angst | white, 19.7 to 1 |
| 3 | `#0d0e12` | `oklch(16.39% 0.0083 277.31)` | Ruined Smores | white, 19.3 to 1 |
| 4 | `#121216` | `oklch(18.45% 0.0074 277.49)` | Kettle Black | white, 18.6 to 1 |
| 5 | `#17171a` | `oklch(20.62% 0.0065 277.70)` | Piano Black | white, 17.8 to 1 |
| 6 | `#1b1c1f` | `oklch(22.67% 0.0058 277.90)` | Gluon Grey | white, 17 to 1 |
| 7 | `#1f2023` | `oklch(24.41% 0.0055 278.09)` | Noble Black | white, 16.2 to 1 |
| 8 | `#232427` | `oklch(25.90% 0.0056 278.28)` | Dark Gunmetal | white, 15.5 to 1 |
| 9 | `#26272a` | `oklch(27.33% 0.0060 278.48)` | Dire Wolf | white, 14.9 to 1 |
| 10 | `#2a2a2e` | `oklch(28.64% 0.0066 278.68)` | Jaguar | white, 14.2 to 1 |
| 11 | `#2c2d31` | `oklch(29.80% 0.0073 278.87)` | Dark Onyx | white, 13.7 to 1 |
| 12 | `#2f2f34` | `oklch(30.77% 0.0079 279.03)` | Stretch Limo | white, 13.2 to 1 |
| 13 | `#303136` | `oklch(31.50% 0.0083 279.14)` | Smiler’s Mist | white, 12.9 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #07080c 0.000% 7.692%, #090a0e 7.692% 15.385%, #0d0e12 15.385% 23.077%, #121216 23.077% 30.769%, #17171a 30.769% 38.462%, #1b1c1f 38.462% 46.154%, #1f2023 46.154% 53.846%, #232427 53.846% 61.538%, #26272a 61.538% 69.231%, #2a2a2e 69.231% 76.923%, #2c2d31 76.923% 84.615%, #2f2f34 84.615% 92.308%, #303136 92.308% 100.000%);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(13.39% 0.0096 277.03) 0.000% 7.692%, oklch(14.63% 0.0091 277.15) 7.692% 15.385%, oklch(16.39% 0.0083 277.31) 15.385% 23.077%, oklch(18.45% 0.0074 277.49) 23.077% 30.769%, oklch(20.62% 0.0065 277.70) 30.769% 38.462%, oklch(22.67% 0.0058 277.90) 38.462% 46.154%, oklch(24.41% 0.0055 278.09) 46.154% 53.846%, oklch(25.90% 0.0056 278.28) 53.846% 61.538%, oklch(27.33% 0.0060 278.48) 61.538% 69.231%, oklch(28.64% 0.0066 278.68) 69.231% 76.923%, oklch(29.80% 0.0073 278.87) 76.923% 84.615%, oklch(30.77% 0.0079 279.03) 84.615% 92.308%, oklch(31.50% 0.0083 279.14) 92.308% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

3 OKLCH keyframes joined by a Catmull-Rom spline. Hue is unwrapped degrees.

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0.134 | 0.01 | 277 |
| 2 | 0.244 | 0.006 | 278.1 |
| 3 | 0.315 | 0.008 | 279.1 |

## In these collections

- [Night sky gradients](https://grabient.com/night-sky-gradients)
- [Dark mode UI gradients](https://grabient.com/dark-mode-ui-gradients)

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.png?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.svg?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.css?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.ase?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.gpl?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.grd?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kSIgfFHwJACgDQA.tokens.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kSIgfFHwJACgDQA&style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [Palettes like this one](https://grabient.com/palettes?q=kSIgfFHwJACgDQA)
- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)