#72727C#72727C

#72727C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.015 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72727C
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 124)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 2.11, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 5.89, 290.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0042 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.015 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5941, 17.0672, 21.4849)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72727C #7C7C72

analogous

#72777C #72727C #77727C

triadic

#72727C #7C7272 #727C72

tetradic

#72727C #7C7277 #7C7C72 #727C77

square

#72727C #7C7277 #7C7C72 #727C77

split-complementary

#72727C #7C7772 #777C72

monochromatic

#37373C #55555C #72727C #91919A #B1B1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#72727C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#72727C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72727C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72727C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72727C	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70727C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72727c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.015 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9aa1',
    500: '#72727c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72727c;
$custom-light: #9a9aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72727c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.202,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55546,
    "c": 0.01533,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72727C

secondary

#A8A8A2

accent

#AD7AAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72727C

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

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