Nearest-color comparison

Nickel vs Wet Concrete

Nickel and Wet Concrete are different gray colors with HEX values #727472 and #6F7378. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 6.8, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Nickel and Wet Concrete are very close colors. Nickel is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Nickel#727472

Wet Concrete#6F7378

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Nickel and Wet Concrete across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance6.8

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0028

Hue delta93 deg

Lighter colorNickel

More saturatedWet Concrete

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

gray color

Nickel

Nickel is #727472, a neutral gray color with muted character. Compared with Wet Concrete, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#727472 RGB114, 116, 114 HSL120, 1, 45 CMYK2, 0, 2, 55 Luminance0.1728 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

gray color

Wet Concrete

Wet Concrete is #6F7378, a neutral gray color with muted character. Compared with Nickel, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#6F7378 RGB111, 115, 120 HSL213, 4, 45 CMYK7, 4, 0, 53 Luminance0.17 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Nickel or Wet Concrete

Choose NickelNickel is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #727472.

Choose Wet ConcreteWet Concrete is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F7378.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyNickelWet Concrete

HEX#727472#6F7378

RGB114, 116, 114111, 115, 120

HSL120, 1, 45213, 4, 45

CMYK2, 0, 2, 557, 4, 0, 53

FamilyGrayGray

TemperatureNeutralNeutral

ToneMutedMuted

Luminance0.17280.17

Black contrast4.46:14.4:1

White contrast4.71:14.77:1

Shared tonesMuted

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Nickelwhite text - 4.71:1

Wet Concretewhite text - 4.77:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Nickel#727472

Wet Concrete#6F7378

#A0A2A0#A0A2A0

#9DA0A4#9DA0A4

#747274#747274

#77736E#77736E

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      1,
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    "cmyk": [
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    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
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    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/nickel/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "wet-concrete",
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    ],
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    ],
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      7,
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      0,
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    },
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    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wet-concrete.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 93,
    "saturation": 3,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0028,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "muted"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Nickel",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Wet Concrete"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Nickel",
      "background": "#727472",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 4.71
    },
    {
      "color": "Wet Concrete",
      "background": "#6F7378",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 4.77
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Wet Concrete is better when the design needs muted gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #6F7378.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/nickel.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wet-concrete.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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