#727E72#727E72

#727E72 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.023 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#727E72
RGB	rgb(114, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(120, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -6.89, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 8.53, 143.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0189 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.023 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4369, 19.7138, 18.8028)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#727E72 #7E727E

analogous

#787E72 #727E72 #727E78

triadic

#727E72 #72727E #7E7272

tetradic

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

square

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

split-complementary

#727E72 #78727E #7E7278

monochromatic

#383E38 #555E55 #727E72 #919C91 #B2B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#727E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#727E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #727E72

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##727E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##727E72	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #727e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.023 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9aa39a',
    500: '#727e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #727e72;
$custom-light: #9aa39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#727e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57947,
    "c": 0.02299,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#727E72

secondary

#A9A3A9

accent

#7AAEAE

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #727E72

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

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