What color is #727E75?

#727E75 is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #727E75?

The RGB value is 114, 126, 117: 114 red, 126 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #727E75?

The complementary color is #7E727B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #727E75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 and white text 4.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#727E75 color

#727E75 rgb(114, 126, 117)

Shades of gray

The hex color #727E75 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 44.7% red, 49.4% green and 45.9% blue (114, 126, 117).

Its hue angle is 135°, with 5% saturation and 47% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Smoke (#738276), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.96:1).

#727E75 color codes

HEX	`#727E75`
RGB	`rgb(114, 126, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(44.7%, 49.4%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(135, 5%, 47%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(135, 10%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(10%, 0%, 7%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.59, -6.3, 3.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.59, 7.15, 151.73)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.611, 19.783, 19.717)`
Decimal	`7503477`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #727E75, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #727E75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.24:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#727E75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.24:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #727E75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #727e75; }
.text { color: #727e75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #727e75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(114 126 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #727e75, #727e7b); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #727E75?: #727E75 is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #727E75?: The RGB value is 114, 126, 117: 114 red, 126 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #727E75?: The complementary color is #7E727B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #727E75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 and white text 4.24:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.