#72768E#72768E

#72768E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.037 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72768E
RGB	rgb(114, 118, 142)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 3.88, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 14.08, 285.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.005 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.037 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2992, 18.4870, 28.1902)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72768E #8E8A72

analogous

#72848E #72768E #7C728E

triadic

#72768E #8E7276 #768E72

tetradic

#72768E #8E7284 #8E8A72 #728E7C

square

#72768E #8E7284 #8E8A72 #728E7C

split-complementary

#72768E #8E7C72 #848E72

monochromatic

#3B3E4A #575A6C #72768E #9497A9 #B6B8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#72768E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#72768E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72768E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72768E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72768E	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72768e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 118, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.037 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9daf',
    500: '#72768e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72768e;
$custom-light: #9b9daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72768e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57106,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72768E

secondary

#B4B2A8

accent

#AB74B4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72768E

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

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