Generated palette

Steel Gray Palette

Steel Gray Palette: #71797E, #7E7672, #727E7C, #72737E. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Steel Gray Palette assigns primary #71797E, secondary #7E7672, surface #727E7C, background #72737E, accent #000000. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #727E7C at 0.1995; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

All palettes Source color API

5colors

Gray palettedominant group

5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Steel Gray Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#71797ESteel Gray

Secondary#7E7672#7E7672

Surface#727E7C#727E7C

Background#72737E#72737E

Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-steel-gray-primary: #71797E;
--palette-steel-gray-secondary: #7E7672;
--palette-steel-gray-surface: #727E7C;
--palette-steel-gray-background: #72737E;
--palette-steel-gray-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Steel Gray Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#71797E
Black 4.74:1 · White 4.43:1
Best #000000

Secondary#7E7672
Black 4.72:1 · White 4.45:1
Best #000000

Surface#727E7C
Black 4.99:1 · White 4.21:1
Best #000000

Background#72737E
Black 4.47:1 · White 4.7:1
Best #FFFFFF

Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Steel Gray Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.

CardSurface treatment using palette roles.

AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.

NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Luminance0.1869

Black text4.74:1AA Pass

White text4.43:1AA Fail

colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems

rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping

accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color

semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels

useCasesDesign and implementation contexts

cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties

Structured sections

Roles

[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#71797E",
    "name": "Steel Gray"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#7E7672",
    "name": "#7E7672"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#727E7C",
    "name": "#727E7C"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#72737E",
    "name": "#72737E"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]

Accessibility

[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#71797E",
    "name": "Steel Gray",
    "blackContrast": 4.74,
    "whiteContrast": 4.43,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#7E7672",
    "name": "#7E7672",
    "blackContrast": 4.72,
    "whiteContrast": 4.45,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#727E7C",
    "name": "#727E7C",
    "blackContrast": 4.99,
    "whiteContrast": 4.21,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#72737E",
    "name": "#72737E",
    "blackContrast": 4.47,
    "whiteContrast": 4.7,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]

Semantic groups

[
  "steel gray palette",
  "generated palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette"
]

Use cases

[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes"
]

CSS variables

"--palette-steel-gray-primary: #71797E;\n--palette-steel-gray-secondary: #7E7672;\n--palette-steel-gray-surface: #727E7C;\n--palette-steel-gray-background: #72737E;\n--palette-steel-gray-accent: #000000;"

Full JSON dataset

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  "slug": "steel-gray",
  "name": "Steel Gray Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "steel-gray",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Steel Gray, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Steel Gray Palette combines primary #71797E, secondary #7E7672, surface #727E7C, background #72737E, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a gray palette, muted palette, dark palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
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  ],
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      "rgb": [
        113,
        121,
        126
      ],
      "hsl": [
        203,
        5,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        10,
        4,
        0,
        51
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1869,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.74,
        "white": 4.43
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/steel-gray/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7E7672",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#7E7672",
      "rgb": [
        126,
        118,
        114
      ],
      "hsl": [
        20,
        5,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        6,
        10,
        51
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1861,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.72,
        "white": 4.45
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#727E7C",
      "slug": null,
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        114,
        126,
        124
      ],
      "hsl": [
        170,
        5,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        10,
        0,
        2,
        51
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1995,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.99,
        "white": 4.21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#72737E",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#72737E",
      "rgb": [
        114,
        115,
        126
      ],
      "hsl": [
        235,
        5,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        10,
        9,
        0,
        51
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1735,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.47,
        "white": 4.7
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#71797E",
      "name": "Steel Gray"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7E7672",
      "name": "#7E7672"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#727E7C",
      "name": "#727E7C"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#72737E",
      "name": "#72737E"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
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      "whiteContrast": 4.43,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#7E7672",
      "name": "#7E7672",
      "blackContrast": 4.72,
      "whiteContrast": 4.45,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#727E7C",
      "name": "#727E7C",
      "blackContrast": 4.99,
      "whiteContrast": 4.21,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#72737E",
      "name": "#72737E",
      "blackContrast": 4.47,
      "whiteContrast": 4.7,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/steel-gray.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/steel-gray/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/steel-gray.json"
}

Steel Gray Palette

Palette Color Roles

CSS Variables

Accessibility Snapshot

UI Components Preview

Machine-Readable Steel Gray Palette Data (JSON)

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