#72727A#72727A

#72727A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.012 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72727A
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 122)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 1.67, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 4.71, 290.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.0034 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.012 286)
XYZ	xyz(16.4689, 17.0171, 20.8256)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72727A #7A7A72

analogous

#72767A #72727A #76727A

triadic

#72727A #7A7272 #727A72

tetradic

#72727A #7A7276 #7A7A72 #727A76

square

#72727A #7A7276 #7A7A72 #727A76

split-complementary

#72727A #7A7672 #767A72

monochromatic

#37373B #54545A #72727A #919198 #B1B1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#72727A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#72727A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72727A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72727A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72727A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70727A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72727a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.012 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9aa0',
    500: '#72727a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72727a;
$custom-light: #9a9aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72727a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55476,
    "c": 0.01225,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.17017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72727A

secondary

#A6A6A2

accent

#AD7BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72727A

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

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