#72707C#72707C

#72707C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.019 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72707C
RGB	rgb(114, 112, 124)
HSL	hsl(250, 5%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 3.29, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 7.14, 297.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0074 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.019 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3710, 16.6209, 21.4106)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72707C #7A7C70

analogous

#70747C #72707C #78707C

triadic

#72707C #7C7270 #707C72

tetradic

#72707C #7C7074 #7A7C70 #707C78

square

#72707C #7C7074 #7A7C70 #707C78

split-complementary

#72707C #7C7870 #747C70

monochromatic

#37363C #54535C #72707C #918F9A #B1AFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#72707C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#72707C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72707C

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72707C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72707C	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E717D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72707c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 112, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.019 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a99a1',
    500: '#72707c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72707c;
$custom-light: #9a99a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72707c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55104,
    "c": 0.01854,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72707C

secondary

#A6A7A1

accent

#AE7AA5

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72707C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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