#72787A#72787A

#72787A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.008 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72787A
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 122)
HSL	hsl(195, 3%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 7%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, -1.83, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 2.62, 225.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0061 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.008 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1680, 18.4153, 21.0586)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72787A #7A7472

analogous

#727A78 #72787A #72747A

triadic

#72787A #7A7278 #787A72

tetradic

#72787A #78727A #7A7472 #747A72

square

#72787A #78727A #7A7472 #747A72

split-complementary

#72787A #7A7274 #7A7872

monochromatic

#373A3B #54595A #72787A #919698 #B1B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#72787A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#72787A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72787A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72787A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72787A	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75767A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72787a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.008 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9fa0',
    500: '#72787a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72787a;
$custom-light: #9a9fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72787a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.00789,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72787A

secondary

#A6A3A2

accent

#887BAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72787A

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

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