#72787C#72787C

#72787C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.010 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72787C
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 124)
HSL	hsl(204, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(204, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, -1.40, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 3.28, 244.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% -0.0052 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.01 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2932, 18.4654, 21.7180)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72787C #7C7672

analogous

#727C7B #72787C #72737C

triadic

#72787C #7C7278 #787C72

tetradic

#72787C #7B727C #7C7672 #737C72

square

#72787C #7B727C #7C7672 #737C72

split-complementary

#72787C #7C7273 #7C7B72

monochromatic

#373A3C #55595C #72787C #91969A #B1B5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#72787C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#72787C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72787C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72787C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72787C	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76787C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72787c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.010 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ea1',
    500: '#72787c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72787c;
$custom-light: #9a9ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72787c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 4.202,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.00952,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72787C

secondary

#A8A4A2

accent

#8F7AAD

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #72787C

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

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