#72787F#72787F

#72787F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.013 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72787F
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 127)
HSL	hsl(212, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(212, 10%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, -0.75, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 4.66, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.004 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.013 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4858, 18.5425, 22.7324)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72787F #7F7972

analogous

#727E7F #72787F #73727F

triadic

#72787F #7F7278 #787F72

tetradic

#72787F #7F727E #7F7972 #727F73

square

#72787F #7F727E #7F7972 #727F73

split-complementary

#72787F #7F7372 #7E7F72

monochromatic

#383B3E #555A5F #72787F #91979D #B2B5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#72787F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#72787F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72787F

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72787F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72787F	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76787F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74777F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72787f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.013 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ea4',
    500: '#72787f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72787f;
$custom-light: #9a9ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72787f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 5.394,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56992,
    "c": 0.01297,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72787F

secondary

#AAA7A3

accent

#9679AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72787F

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

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