#72687E#72687E

#72687E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.036 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72687E
RGB	rgb(114, 104, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(267, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 8.51, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 13.73, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.021 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.036 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6550, 14.9844, 21.8022)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72687E #747E68

analogous

#68697E #72687E #7D687E

triadic

#72687E #7E7268 #687E72

tetradic

#72687E #7E6869 #747E68 #687E7D

square

#72687E #7E6869 #747E68 #687E7D

split-complementary

#72687E #7E7D68 #697E68

monochromatic

#35313B #544C5C #72687E #91879C #B0A9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#72687E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#72687E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72687E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72687E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72687E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72687e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 104, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.036 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a93a3',
    500: '#72687e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72687e;
$custom-light: #9a93a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72687e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 9.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53438,
    "c": 0.03588,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72687E

secondary

#A1A79B

accent

#B37597

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72687E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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