#72728C#72728C

#72728C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.040 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72728C
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 140)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(240, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 5.77, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 15.29, 292.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0104 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.04 285)
XYZ	xyz(17.6893, 17.5053, 27.2528)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72728C #8C8C72

analogous

#727F8C #72728C #7F728C

triadic

#72728C #8C7272 #728C72

tetradic

#72728C #8C727F #8C8C72 #728C7F

square

#72728C #8C727F #8C8C72 #728C7F

split-complementary

#72728C #8C7F72 #7F8C72

monochromatic

#3B3B49 #57576A #72728C #9494A8 #B5B5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#72728C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#72728C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72728C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72728C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72728C	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72728c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.040 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9aad',
    500: '#72728c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72728c;
$custom-light: #9a9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72728c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56154,
    "c": 0.03996,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.17505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72728C

secondary

#B3B3A7

accent

#B375B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72728C

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

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