#72726E#72726E

#72726E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.006 H 106.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72726E
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.5%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -0.80, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 2.35, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.0017 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.006 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7708, 16.7379, 17.1487)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72726E #6E6E72

analogous

#72706E #72726E #70726E

triadic

#72726E #6E7272 #726E72

tetradic

#72726E #6E7270 #6E6E72 #726E70

square

#72726E #6E7270 #6E6E72 #726E70

split-complementary

#72726E #6E7072 #706E72

monochromatic

#343432 #535350 #72726E #91918D #AFAFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#72726E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#72726E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72726E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72726E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72726E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73726E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72726e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.006 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9a97',
    500: '#72726e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72726e;
$custom-light: #9a9a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72726e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55081,
    "c": 0.00608,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72726E

secondary

#9D9D9F

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72726E

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

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