#72707E#72707E

#72707E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.022 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72707E
RGB	rgb(114, 112, 126)
HSL	hsl(249, 6%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(249, 11%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 3.73, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 8.31, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.0082 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.022 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4988, 16.6720, 22.0834)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72707E #7C7E70

analogous

#70757E #72707E #79707E

triadic

#72707E #7E7270 #707E72

tetradic

#72707E #7E7075 #7C7E70 #707E79

square

#72707E #7E7075 #7C7E70 #707E79

split-complementary

#72707E #7E7970 #757E70

monochromatic

#37363D #55535E #72707E #918F9C #B1B0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#72707E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#72707E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72707E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72707E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72707E	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D727F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D717E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72707e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 112, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.022 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a99a3',
    500: '#72707e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72707e;
$custom-light: #9a99a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72707e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55176,
    "c": 0.0216,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72707E

secondary

#A8A9A1

accent

#AF79A7

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72707E

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

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