# Near-black and charcoal color palette

This palette moves from dark gray to 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: `kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC?style=linearSwatches&steps=13
- Drawn as: linear swatches, 13 steps, 90 degrees
- Kinds: neutral, dark
- Hues: achromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 1.7 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 | `#131418` | `oklch(19.29% 0.0083 278.44)` | Dark Void | white, 18.3 to 1 |
| 2 | `#16171b` | `oklch(20.45% 0.0079 278.16)` | Piano Black | white, 17.9 to 1 |
| 3 | `#1a1a1e` | `oklch(22.08% 0.0074 277.73)` | Gluon Grey | white, 17.2 to 1 |
| 4 | `#1e1f23` | `oklch(23.99% 0.0068 277.25)` | Inkwell Inception | white, 16.4 to 1 |
| 5 | `#232427` | `oklch(26.00% 0.0062 276.79)` | Dark Gunmetal | white, 15.5 to 1 |
| 6 | `#28282c` | `oklch(27.91% 0.0058 276.46)` | Anthracite | white, 14.6 to 1 |
| 7 | `#2c2c2f` | `oklch(29.53% 0.0055 276.32)` | Caviar | white, 13.8 to 1 |
| 8 | `#2f3033` | `oklch(30.93% 0.0055 276.46)` | Tap Shoe | white, 13.2 to 1 |
| 9 | `#333336` | `oklch(32.27% 0.0057 276.79)` | Ebony | white, 12.5 to 1 |
| 10 | `#36363a` | `oklch(33.51% 0.0060 277.25)` | Hawk’s Eye | white, 11.9 to 1 |
| 11 | `#39393d` | `oklch(34.62% 0.0064 277.73)` | Artist’s Charcoal | white, 11.4 to 1 |
| 12 | `#3b3c3f` | `oklch(35.53% 0.0067 278.16)` | In the Dark | white, 11 to 1 |
| 13 | `#3d3d41` | `oklch(36.22% 0.0069 278.44)` | In the Dark | white, 10.7 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #131418 0.000% 7.692%, #16171b 7.692% 15.385%, #1a1a1e 15.385% 23.077%, #1e1f23 23.077% 30.769%, #232427 30.769% 38.462%, #28282c 38.462% 46.154%, #2c2c2f 46.154% 53.846%, #2f3033 53.846% 61.538%, #333336 61.538% 69.231%, #36363a 69.231% 76.923%, #39393d 76.923% 84.615%, #3b3c3f 84.615% 92.308%, #3d3d41 92.308% 100.000%);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(19.29% 0.0083 278.44) 0.000% 7.692%, oklch(20.45% 0.0079 278.16) 7.692% 15.385%, oklch(22.08% 0.0074 277.73) 15.385% 23.077%, oklch(23.99% 0.0068 277.25) 23.077% 30.769%, oklch(26.00% 0.0062 276.79) 30.769% 38.462%, oklch(27.91% 0.0058 276.46) 38.462% 46.154%, oklch(29.53% 0.0055 276.32) 46.154% 53.846%, oklch(30.93% 0.0055 276.46) 53.846% 61.538%, oklch(32.27% 0.0057 276.79) 61.538% 69.231%, oklch(33.51% 0.0060 277.25) 69.231% 76.923%, oklch(34.62% 0.0064 277.73) 76.923% 84.615%, oklch(35.53% 0.0067 278.16) 84.615% 92.308%, oklch(36.22% 0.0069 278.44) 92.308% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

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

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0.193 | 0.008 | 278.4 |
| 2 | 0.295 | 0.006 | 276.3 |
| 3 | 0.362 | 0.007 | 278.4 |

## In these collections

- [Dark gradients](https://grabient.com/dark-gradients)

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.png?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.svg?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.css?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.ase?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.gpl?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.grd?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC.tokens.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kSMQbGJYI_q4CwC&style=linearSwatches&steps=13)
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- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)