#72747E#72747E

#72747E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.016 H 276.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72747E
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 126)
HSL	hsl(230, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(230, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 1.37, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 5.91, 283.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0019 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.016 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9499, 17.5744, 22.2338)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72747E #7E7C72

analogous

#727A7E #72747E #76727E

triadic

#72747E #7E7274 #747E72

tetradic

#72747E #7E727A #7E7C72 #727E76

square

#72747E #7E727A #7E7C72 #727E76

split-complementary

#72747E #7E7672 #7A7E72

monochromatic

#38393E #55565E #72747E #91939C #B2B3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#72747E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#72747E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72747E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72747E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72747E	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72747e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.016 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ca3',
    500: '#72747e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72747e;
$custom-light: #9a9ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72747e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56062,
    "c": 0.01554,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72747E

secondary

#A9A8A3

accent

#A57AAE

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72747E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →