#72727B

Closest named color: Battleship Gray (#6C757D). oklch(55.5% 0.014 285.9), rgb(114, 114, 123).

White text reads best on this color (4.76:1).

About this color

#72727B is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 56%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Battleship Gray (#6C757D), ΔE 0.011 away. White text reads best on it, at 4.76:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (56%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Battleship Gray (#6C757D)
Black text	4.40:1
White text	4.76:1

Values

HEX	#72727B
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 123)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 46%)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.014 285.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #72727B	4.76:1	AA	Lc -78.5	Fine for body text
Black text on #72727B	4.40:1	AA large text	Lc 31.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#72727B text on white	4.76:1	AA	Lc 73.1	Content text, not long reading
#72727B text on black	4.40:1	AA large text	Lc -28.6	Dividers and decoration only

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#EAEAEB

oklch(93.7% 0.001 286.4)
Step 200
200

#D9D9DB

oklch(88.6% 0.003 286.3)
Step 300
300

#C0C0C4

oklch(80.9% 0.006 286.3)
Step 400
400

#A0A0A7

oklch(70.8% 0.01 286.1)
Step 500
500

#888891

oklch(63% 0.013 286)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#72727B

oklch(55.5% 0.014 285.9)
Step 700
700

#606068

oklch(49.2% 0.013 285.9)
Step 800
800

#4E4E55

oklch(42.6% 0.011 285.9)
Step 900
900

#414146

oklch(37.7% 0.008 286)
Step 950
950

#262629

oklch(27% 0.005 286)

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#72727B with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#70737B	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#70727B	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#707375	0.011
Achromatopsia (no color)	#737373	0.014

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #72727B, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #72727B in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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