#727272#727272

#727272 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#727272
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 0.00, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 0.00, 333.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(15.9935, 16.8269, 18.3217)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#727272 #727272

analogous

#727272 #727272 #727272

triadic

#727272 #727272 #727272

tetradic

#727272 #727272 #727272 #727272

square

#727272 #727272 #727272 #727272

split-complementary

#727272 #727272 #727272

monochromatic

#353535 #535353 #727272 #919191 #AFAFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#727272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#727272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #727272

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##727272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##727272	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #727272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9a9a',
    500: '#727272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #727272;
$custom-light: #9a9a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#727272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55208,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#727272

secondary

#A0A0A0

accent

#A9A97E

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #727272

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

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