#74727C#74727C

#74727C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.015 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74727C
RGB	rgb(116, 114, 124)
HSL	hsl(252, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(252, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 2.84, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 5.95, 298.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.0065 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.015 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8572, 17.2028, 21.4973)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74727C #7A7C72

analogous

#72757C #74727C #79727C

triadic

#74727C #7C7472 #727C74

tetradic

#74727C #7C7275 #7A7C72 #727C79

square

#74727C #7C7275 #7A7C72 #727C79

split-complementary

#74727C #7C7972 #757C72

monochromatic

#38373C #56555C #74727C #93919A #B2B1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#74727C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#74727C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74727C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74727C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74727C	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74727c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 114, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.015 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9aa1',
    500: '#74727c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74727c;
$custom-light: #9c9aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74727c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 4.202,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55721,
    "c": 0.01544,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74727C

secondary

#A6A8A2

accent

#AD7AA3

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #74727C

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

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