#72779E#72779E

#72779E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.060 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72779E
RGB	rgb(114, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(233, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 7.29, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 22.76, 288.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0091 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.06 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7062, 19.2392, 35.0164)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72779E #9E9972

analogous

#728D9E #72779E #83729E

triadic

#72779E #9E7277 #779E72

tetradic

#72779E #9E728D #9E9972 #729E83

square

#72779E #9E728D #9E9972 #729E83

split-complementary

#72779E #9E8372 #8D9E72

monochromatic

#3D4059 #565A7D #72779E #969AB7 #BBBDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#72779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#72779E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72779E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72779E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.060 278.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.06015,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72779E

secondary

#BFBDAC

accent

#B26DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72779E

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

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