# Black and White: Near-black and off-white

The "Black and White: Near-black and off-white" palette brings together black, gray, off-white, and light gray. 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, gray and white linear swatches
- Seed: `kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4`
- Page: https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4?style=linearSwatches&steps=5
- Drawn as: linear swatches, 5 steps, 90 degrees
- Kinds: light center, neutral
- Hues: achromatic
- Contrast of its darkest and lightest colors: 21 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(0.00% 0.0000 0.00)` | Black | white, 21 to 1 |
| 2 | `#444444` | `oklch(38.58% 0.0000 89.88)` | Goshawk Grey | white, 9.7 to 1 |
| 3 | `#ffffff` | `oklch(100.00% 0.0000 89.88)` | White | black, 21 to 1 |
| 4 | `#bbbbbb` | `oklch(79.13% 0.0000 89.88)` | Gravel Fint | black, 10.9 to 1 |
| 5 | `#777777` | `oklch(57.09% 0.0000 89.88)` | Lucky Grey | black, 4.7 to 1 |

## CSS

```css
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #000000 0.000% 20.000%, #444444 20.000% 40.000%, #ffffff 40.000% 60.000%, #bbbbbb 60.000% 80.000%, #777777 80.000% 100.000%);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, oklch(0.00% 0.0000 0.00) 0.000% 20.000%, oklch(38.58% 0.0000 89.88) 20.000% 40.000%, oklch(100.00% 0.0000 89.88) 40.000% 60.000%, oklch(79.13% 0.0000 89.88) 60.000% 80.000%, oklch(57.09% 0.0000 89.88) 80.000% 100.000%);
```

## Keyframes

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

| Keyframe | Lightness | Chroma | Hue |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0.386 | 0 | 89.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 89.8 |
| 4 | 0.791 | 0 | 89.8 |
| 5 | 0.571 | 0 | 89.8 |

## In these collections

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

## Other forms

- [JSON](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [PNG](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.png?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [SVG](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.svg?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [CSS](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.css?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [ASE](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.ase?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [GPL](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.gpl?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [GRD](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.grd?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [Design tokens](https://grabient.com/kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4.tokens.json?style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [Social card](https://grabient.com/api/og?seed=kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4&style=linearSwatches&steps=5)
- [Palettes like this one](https://grabient.com/palettes?q=kWAAAAMQBKn8AP_kgD_yIA_4)
- [Guide for agents](https://grabient.com/llms.txt)