#72727E#72727E

#72727E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.018 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72727E
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 2.54, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 7.06, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.005 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.018 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7219, 17.1183, 22.1578)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72727E #7E7E72

analogous

#72787E #72727E #78727E

triadic

#72727E #7E7272 #727E72

tetradic

#72727E #7E7278 #7E7E72 #727E78

square

#72727E #7E7278 #7E7E72 #727E78

split-complementary

#72727E #7E7872 #787E72

monochromatic

#38383E #55555E #72727E #91919C #B2B2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#72727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#72727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72727E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72727E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F737E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.018 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9aa3',
    500: '#72727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72727e;
$custom-light: #9a9aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55618,
    "c": 0.01841,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72727E

secondary

#A9A9A3

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72727E

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

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