#72778E#72778E

#72778E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.036 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72778E
RGB	rgb(114, 119, 142)
HSL	hsl(229, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(229, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 3.29, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 13.52, 284.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0035 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.036 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4176, 18.7237, 28.2296)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72778E #8E8972

analogous

#72858E #72778E #7B728E

triadic

#72778E #8E7277 #778E72

tetradic

#72778E #8E7285 #8E8972 #728E7B

square

#72778E #8E7285 #8E8972 #728E7B

split-complementary

#72778E #8E7B72 #858E72

monochromatic

#3B3E4A #575A6C #72778E #9498A9 #B6B9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#72778E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#72778E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72778E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72778E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72778E	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)

#71798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72778e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 119, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.036 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9eaf',
    500: '#72778e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72778e;
$custom-light: #9b9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72778e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57326,
    "c": 0.03587,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72778E

secondary

#B4B2A8

accent

#A974B4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72778E

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

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