#72747A#72747A

#72747A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.010 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72747A
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 122)
HSL	hsl(225, 3%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(225, 7%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 0.50, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 3.60, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.0002 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.01 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6970, 17.4732, 20.9016)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72747A #7A7872

analogous

#72787A #72747A #74727A

triadic

#72747A #7A7274 #747A72

tetradic

#72747A #7A7278 #7A7872 #727A74

square

#72747A #7A7278 #7A7872 #727A74

split-complementary

#72747A #7A7472 #787A72

monochromatic

#37383B #54565A #72747A #919398 #B1B2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#72747A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#72747A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72747A

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72747A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72747A	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72747A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72747a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.010 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ca0',
    500: '#72747a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72747a;
$custom-light: #9a9ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72747a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55923,
    "c": 0.00952,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72747A

secondary

#A6A5A2

accent

#A07BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72747A

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

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