#72748C#72748C

#72748C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.037 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72748C
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 140)
HSL	hsl(235, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(235, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 4.58, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 14.08, 288.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.0073 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.037 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9173, 17.9614, 27.3288)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72748C #8C8A72

analogous

#72818C #72748C #7D728C

triadic

#72748C #8C7274 #748C72

tetradic

#72748C #8C7281 #8C8A72 #728C7D

square

#72748C #8C7281 #8C8A72 #728C7D

split-complementary

#72748C #8C7D72 #818C72

monochromatic

#3B3C49 #57586A #72748C #9495A8 #B5B6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#72748C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#72748C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72748C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72748C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72748C	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72748c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.037 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9cad',
    500: '#72748c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72748c;
$custom-light: #9a9cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72748c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56589,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72748C

secondary

#B3B2A7

accent

#AE75B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72748C

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

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