#72746E#72746E

#72746E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72746E
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 110)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(80, 5%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, -1.96, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 3.62, 122.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% -0.005 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9989, 17.1940, 17.2247)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72746E #706E74

analogous

#74736E #72746E #6F746E

triadic

#72746E #6E7274 #746E72

tetradic

#72746E #6E7473 #706E74 #746E6F

square

#72746E #6E7473 #706E74 #746E6F

split-complementary

#72746E #6E6F74 #736E74

monochromatic

#343532 #535550 #72746E #91938D #AFB0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#72746E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#72746E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72746E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72746E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72746E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75736E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72746e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9c97',
    500: '#72746e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72746e;
$custom-light: #9a9c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72746e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.655,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55535,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72746E

secondary

#9E9DA1

accent

#7CAC8C

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72746E

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

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