#72779D#72779D

#72779D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.059 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72779D
RGB	rgb(114, 119, 157)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(233, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 7.03, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 22.19, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0087 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.059 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6205, 19.2049, 34.5649)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72779D #9D9872

analogous

#728C9D #72779D #82729D

triadic

#72779D #9D7277 #779D72

tetradic

#72779D #9D728C #9D9872 #729D82

square

#72779D #9D728C #9D9872 #729D82

split-complementary

#72779D #9D8272 #8C9D72

monochromatic

#3D4058 #565A7C #72779D #969AB6 #BABDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#72779D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#72779D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72779D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72779D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72779D	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72779d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 119, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.059 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9eba',
    500: '#72779d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72779d;
$custom-light: #9b9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72779d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.023,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.05864,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72779D

secondary

#BFBDAC

accent

#B26DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72779D

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

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