#72759E#72759E

#72759E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.063 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72759E
RGB	rgb(114, 117, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 8.48, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 23.96, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.012 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.063 281)
XYZ	xyz(19.4707, 18.7681, 34.9379)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72759E #9E9B72

analogous

#728B9E #72759E #85729E

triadic

#72759E #9E7275 #759E72

tetradic

#72759E #9E728B #9E9B72 #729E85

square

#72759E #9E728B #9E9B72 #729E85

split-complementary

#72759E #9E8572 #8B9E72

monochromatic

#3D3F59 #56597D #72759E #9698B7 #BBBCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#72759E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#72759E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72759E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72759E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72759E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72759e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 117, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.063 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9cba',
    500: '#72759e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72759e;
$custom-light: #9b9cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72759e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.909,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57568,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.18769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72759E

secondary

#BFBEAC

accent

#B66DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72759E

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

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