#727971

Closest named color: Battleship Gray (#6C757D). oklch(56.8% 0.015 141.8), rgb(114, 121, 113).

Black text reads best on this color (4.68:1).

About this color

#727971 is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 57%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Battleship Gray (#6C757D), ΔE 0.026 away. Black text reads best on it, at 4.68:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (57%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Battleship Gray (#6C757D)
Black text	4.68:1
White text	4.47:1

Values

HEX	#727971
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 113)
HSL	hsl(112, 3%, 46%)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.015 141.8)

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 #727971	4.47:1	AA large text	Lc -76.6	Fine for body text
Black text on #727971	4.68:1	AA	Lc 33.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#727971 text on white	4.47:1	AA large text	Lc 71.1	Content text, not long reading
#727971 text on black	4.68:1	AA	Lc -30.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text

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

#D8DAD7

oklch(88.6% 0.005 134.9)
Step 300
300

#BEC2BE

oklch(81% 0.007 145.5)
Step 400
400

#9DA29C

oklch(70.6% 0.01 140.5)
Step 500
500

#858C84

oklch(63.2% 0.014 141.8)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#727971

oklch(56.8% 0.015 141.8)
Step 700
700

#5C635C

oklch(49.1% 0.014 145.4)
Step 800
800

#4C514B

oklch(42.8% 0.012 140.5)
Step 900
900

#3F433E

oklch(37.7% 0.01 139.4)
Step 950
950

#252725

oklch(27% 0.005 145.4)

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#727971 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)	#7A7771	0.013
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#787771	0.010
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#727877	0.011
Achromatopsia (no color)	#777777	0.015

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 #727971, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #727971 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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