Raven Color
Raven is a gray color with hex code #727B89. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with raven, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Raven Color Values
What Does Raven Mean?
Raven belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Raven sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Raven is classified as a gray (nearest centroid: bluish gray, #81878B).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Raven
Raven and #888072 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #728688 and #747288, which sit beside raven on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair raven with triadic partners #88727A and #7A8872. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Pale Sky —
#6E7783(Delta E 2) - SlateGray —
#708090(Delta E 3) - Storm Grey —
#717486(Delta E 4) - Battleship Grey —
#6B7C85(Delta E 4) - Steel —
#738595(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #727B89; }
.background { background-color: #727B89; }
.border { border: 2px solid #727B89; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #727B8940; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for raven?
Raven has the hex code #727B89. In RGB notation it is rgb(114, 123, 137), in HSL it is hsl(217, 9%, 49%), and its OKLCH value is 0.58, 0.024, 259.2.
What does the color raven mean?
Gray-family colors like raven carry distinct psychological associations. Raven belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Raven sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with raven?
Raven has three easy routes: its complement #888072 for punch, its neighbors #728688 and #747288 for something calmer, or triadic partners #88727A and #7A8872 when you want energy.
Is raven a standard web color?
No — Raven is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #727B89 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make raven lighter or darker?
To lighten raven, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E9EAEC (lightest tint) to #131416 (darkest shade).
About Raven
Raven is classified as a Gray in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #727B89 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.