#74727E#74727E

#74727E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.018 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74727E
RGB	rgb(116, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(250, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(250, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 3.27, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 7.12, 297.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0074 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.018 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9849, 17.2539, 22.1701)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74727E #7C7E72

analogous

#72767E #74727E #7A727E

triadic

#74727E #7E7472 #727E74

tetradic

#74727E #7E7276 #7C7E72 #727E7A

square

#74727E #7E7276 #7C7E72 #727E7A

split-complementary

#74727E #7E7A72 #767E72

monochromatic

#39383E #56555E #74727E #93919C #B3B2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#74727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#74727E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74727E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74727E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.018 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9aa3',
    500: '#74727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74727e;
$custom-light: #9c9aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55792,
    "c": 0.01847,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74727E

secondary

#A8A9A3

accent

#AE7AA5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74727E

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

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