# Charcoal and near-black gray palette

The Charcoal and near-black gray palette brings together gray and dark gray. The colors span a moderate lightness range, combining near-neutral color with clear contrast. Its quiet and understated character suits brand mood boards and editorial graphics. Its darkest tone is dark gray, and its lightest tone is gray.

- Also called: Gray and black angular swatches
- Seed: `kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225
- Drawn as: angular swatches, 6 steps, 225 degrees
- Kinds: light to dark, neutral
- Hues: achromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 5.3 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 | `#8b8d8f` | `oklch(64.17% 0.0041 251.72)` | Aluminium Silver | black, 6.2 to 1 |
| 2 | `#6f7275` | `oklch(55.15% 0.0058 250.55)` | Improbable | white, 4.8 to 1 |
| 3 | `#525659` | `oklch(44.99% 0.0073 249.13)` | Orion Grey | white, 7.4 to 1 |
| 4 | `#3a3e42` | `oklch(36.25% 0.0081 247.71)` | Dark Elf | white, 10.7 to 1 |
| 5 | `#25282c` | `oklch(27.53% 0.0084 247.74)` | Anthracite | white, 14.8 to 1 |
| 6 | `#14171b` | `oklch(20.47% 0.0083 248.55)` | Neverything | white, 17.9 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: conic-gradient(from 225deg, #8b8d8f 0.000% 16.667%, #6f7275 16.667% 33.333%, #525659 33.333% 50.000%, #3a3e42 50.000% 66.667%, #25282c 66.667% 83.333%, #14171b 83.333% 100.000%);
background: conic-gradient(from 225deg, oklch(64.17% 0.0041 251.72) 0.000% 16.667%, oklch(55.15% 0.0058 250.55) 16.667% 33.333%, oklch(44.99% 0.0073 249.13) 33.333% 50.000%, oklch(36.25% 0.0081 247.71) 50.000% 66.667%, oklch(27.53% 0.0084 247.74) 66.667% 83.333%, oklch(20.47% 0.0083 248.55) 83.333% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

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

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0.642 | 0.004 | 251.7 |
| 2 | 0.48 | 0.007 | 249.6 |
| 3 | 0.335 | 0.008 | 247.5 |
| 4 | 0.205 | 0.008 | 248.5 |

## In these collections

- [Gray swatches](https://grabient.com/gray-swatches)

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.json?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.png?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.svg?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.css?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.ase?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.gpl?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.grd?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA.tokens.json?style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA&style=angularSwatches&steps=6&angle=225)
- [Palettes like this one](https://grabient.com/palettes?q=kUowOzPQK_qqDP6aA0AA)
- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)