# Black and White: Near-black and gray

The "Black and White: Near-black and gray" palette brings together black, gray, and off-white. The colors span a very broad lightness range, combining near-neutral color with high contrast. Its quiet and understated character suits brand mood boards and editorial graphics. Its darkest tone is black, and its lightest tone is off-white.

- Also called: Black, dark gray and white linear swatches
- Seed: `kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g?style=linearSwatches&steps=4
- Drawn as: linear swatches, 4 steps, 90 degrees
- Kinds: dark to light, neutral
- Hues: achromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 20.2 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 | `#000000` | `oklch(1.97% 0.0000 89.88)` | Black | white, 20.9 to 1 |
| 2 | `#373737` | `oklch(33.86% 0.0000 89.88)` | Dark Grey | white, 11.8 to 1 |
| 3 | `#959595` | `oklch(66.93% 0.0000 89.88)` | Flint Rock | black, 6.9 to 1 |
| 4 | `#fbfbfb` | `oklch(98.82% 0.0000 89.88)` | Whiteout | black, 20.2 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #000000 0.000% 25.000%, #373737 25.000% 50.000%, #959595 50.000% 75.000%, #fbfbfb 75.000% 100.000%);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(1.97% 0.0000 89.88) 0.000% 25.000%, oklch(33.86% 0.0000 89.88) 25.000% 50.000%, oklch(66.93% 0.0000 89.88) 50.000% 75.000%, oklch(98.82% 0.0000 89.88) 75.000% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

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

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0.339 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0.669 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0.988 | 0 | 0 |

## In these collections

- [Black and white swatches](https://grabient.com/black-and-white-swatches)

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.png?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.svg?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.css?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.ase?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.gpl?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.grd?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g.tokens.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g&style=linearSwatches&steps=4)
- [Palettes like this one](https://grabient.com/palettes?q=kUBQAAKwA_9UAP_9gD_g)
- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)