#72687F#72687F

#72687F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.037 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72687F
RGB	rgb(114, 104, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 10%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 8.73, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 14.30, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.48% 0.0213 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(53.48% 0.037 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7198, 15.0104, 22.1437)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72687F #757F68

analogous

#68697F #72687F #7D687F

triadic

#72687F #7F7268 #687F72

tetradic

#72687F #7F6869 #757F68 #687F7D

square

#72687F #7F6869 #757F68 #687F7D

split-complementary

#72687F #7F7D68 #697F68

monochromatic

#36313C #544C5D #72687F #91879D #B0A9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#72687F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#72687F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72687F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72687F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72687F	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)

#646C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72687f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 104, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.037 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a93a4',
    500: '#72687f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72687f;
$custom-light: #9a93a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72687f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 9.957,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53477,
    "c": 0.03733,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72687F

secondary

#A2A89B

accent

#B37598

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72687F

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

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