#72787E#72787E

#72787E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.012 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72787E
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(210, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, -0.97, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 4.17, 256.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0044 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.012 248)
XYZ	xyz(17.4210, 18.5165, 22.3909)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72787E #7E7872

analogous

#727E7E #72787E #72727E

triadic

#72787E #7E7278 #787E72

tetradic

#72787E #7E727E #7E7872 #727E72

square

#72787E #7E727E #7E7872 #727E72

split-complementary

#72787E #7E7272 #7E7E72

monochromatic

#383B3E #55595E #72787E #91979C #B2B5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#72787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#72787E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72787E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72787E	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76787E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74777E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.012 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ea3',
    500: '#72787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72787e;
$custom-light: #9a9ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56958,
    "c": 0.01174,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.18517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72787E

secondary

#A9A6A3

accent

#947AAE

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72787E

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

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