#727471

Closest named color: Battleship Gray (#6C757D). oklch(55.6% 0.005 134.9), rgb(114, 116, 113).

White text reads best on this color (4.71:1).

About this color

#727471 is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 56%, its chroma 0.005. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Battleship Gray (#6C757D), ΔE 0.019 away. White text reads best on it, at 4.71:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (56%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.005)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Battleship Gray (#6C757D)
Black text	4.45:1
White text	4.71:1

Values

HEX	#727471
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 113)
HSL	hsl(100, 1%, 45%)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.005 134.9)

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 #727471	4.71:1	AA	Lc -78.2	Fine for body text
Black text on #727471	4.45:1	AA large text	Lc 31.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#727471 text on white	4.71:1	AA	Lc 72.8	Content text, not long reading
#727471 text on black	4.45:1	AA large text	Lc -28.9	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

#F5F5F5

oklch(97% 0 0)
Step 100
100

#E9EAE9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 145.6)
Step 200
200

#D9D9D8

oklch(88.5% 0.001 106.4)
Step 300
300

#C0C1BF

oklch(81% 0.003 128.5)
Step 400
400

#9FA19F

oklch(70.7% 0.004 145.5)
Step 500
500

#888A87

oklch(63.1% 0.005 134.9)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#727471

oklch(55.6% 0.005 134.9)
Step 700
700

#5F615F

oklch(49% 0.004 145.5)
Step 800
800

#4E4F4D

oklch(42.6% 0.003 128.6)
Step 900
900

#414240

oklch(37.7% 0.004 128.6)
Step 950
950

#262726

oklch(27.1% 0.002 145.5)

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#727471 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)	#747371	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#747371	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#727473	0.003
Achromatopsia (no color)	#737373	0.005

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 #727471, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #727471 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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