#72759C#72759C

#72759C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.060 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72759C
RGB	rgb(114, 117, 156)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 25%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 7.96, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 22.80, 290.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0114 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.06 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2999, 18.6998, 34.0386)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72759C #9C9972

analogous

#728A9C #72759C #84729C

triadic

#72759C #9C7275 #759C72

tetradic

#72759C #9C728A #9C9972 #729C84

square

#72759C #9C728A #9C9972 #729C84

split-complementary

#72759C #9C8472 #8A9C72

monochromatic

#3D3F57 #56597B #72759C #9698B5 #BABBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#72759C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#72759C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72759C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72759C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72759C	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68769B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72759c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 117, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.060 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9cb9',
    500: '#72759c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72759c;
$custom-light: #9b9cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72759c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57479,
    "c": 0.05997,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72759C

secondary

#BEBDAC

accent

#B56EBA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72759C

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

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