HEX atlas value

#727472

#727472 is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Nickel. RGB 114, 116, 114, HSL 120° 1% 45%, luminance 0.1728; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral muted

#727472 Sample readable text

HEX #727472

RGB rgb(114, 116, 114)

HSL hsl(120 1% 45%)

CMYK cmyk(2, 0, 2, 55)

Luminance 0.1728

Contrast Black 4.46:1White 4.71:1

CSS

--color-727472: #727472;
.background-727472 { background-color: #727472; }
.text-727472 { color: #727472; }

HEX meaning and use

About #727472

#727472 is classified as a neutral gray value with muted visual character. #727472 is visually closest to Nickel, a named gray color with HEX #727472.

The RGB channels are 114, 116, and 114, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 1% saturation and 45% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.1728, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.46:1AA Fail

White text4.71:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #727472 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.46:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF4.71:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#444644#444644 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.52:1 #A0A2A0#A0A2A0 · #000000 text · best 8.17:1 #588D58#588D58 · #000000 text · best 5.37:1 Smoke#738276 · #000000 text · best 5.18:1 Machinery Gray#6C6F70 · #FFFFFF text · best 5.07:1

Generated Palette

Nickel#727472

#747274#747274

#737472#737472

#727473#727473

#A0A2A0#A0A2A0

#444644#444644

Color Harmonies

#747274#747274

#737472#737472

#727473#727473

#727274#727274

#747272#747272

Variants

#A0A2A0#A0A2A0

#444644#444644

#588D58#588D58

#737373#737373

#B3B3B3#B3B3B3

#0FFF0F#0FFF0F

Nearest Named Colors

Nickel#727472

Wet Concrete#6F7378

Machinery Gray#6C6F70

Steel Gray#71797E

Smoke#738276

Luminance0.1728

Black text4.46:1AA Fail

White text4.71:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#727472","rgb":[114,116,114],"hsl":[120,1,45],"cmyk":[2,0,2,55],"luminance":0.1728,"contrast":{"black":4.46,"white":4.71}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.46,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.71,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#444644","hex":"#444644","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.21,"contrastWhite":9.52,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#A0A2A0","hex":"#A0A2A0","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.17,"contrastWhite":2.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#588D58","hex":"#588D58","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.37,"contrastWhite":3.91,"wcagAA":["#000000"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Smoke","hex":"#738276","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.18,"contrastWhite":4.05,"wcagAA":["#000000"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"Machinery Gray","hex":"#6C6F70","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":4.15,"contrastWhite":5.07,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","muted","muted gray","Nickel adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/727472.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/nickel.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wet-concrete.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/machinery-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#747274","analogous":["#737472","#727473"],"triadic":["#727274","#747272"],"tetradic":["#727374","#747274","#747372"],"splitComplementary":["#737274","#747273"],"monochromatic":["#A0A2A0","#727472","#444644"]}

Variants

{"light":"#A0A2A0","dark":"#444644","saturated":"#588D58","desaturated":"#737373","pastel":"#B3B3B3","neon":"#0FFF0F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"nickel","name":"Nickel","hex":"#727472","distance":0},{"slug":"wet-concrete","name":"Wet Concrete","hex":"#6F7378","distance":6.782329983125268},{"slug":"machinery-gray","name":"Machinery Gray","hex":"#6C6F70","distance":8.06225774829855},{"slug":"steel-gray","name":"Steel Gray","hex":"#71797E","distance":13.038404810405298},{"slug":"smoke","name":"Smoke","hex":"#738276","distance":14.594519519326424}]

#727472

CSS

About #727472

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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