#72728A#72728A

#72728A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.037 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72728A
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 138)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 5.29, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 14.12, 292.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.0096 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.037 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5431, 17.4468, 26.4831)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72728A #8A8A72

analogous

#727E8A #72728A #7E728A

triadic

#72728A #8A7272 #728A72

tetradic

#72728A #8A727E #8A8A72 #728A7E

square

#72728A #8A727E #8A8A72 #728A7E

split-complementary

#72728A #8A7E72 #7E8A72

monochromatic

#3B3B47 #565668 #72728A #9393A6 #B5B5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#72728A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#72728A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72728A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72728A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72728A	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D767A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72728a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.037 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9aac',
    500: '#72728a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72728a;
$custom-light: #9a9aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72728a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56073,
    "c": 0.03688,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72728A

secondary

#B1B1A6

accent

#B375B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72728A

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

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