#72779F#72779F

#72779F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.062 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72779F
RGB	rgb(114, 119, 159)
HSL	hsl(233, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(233, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 25.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 7.55, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 23.34, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0094 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.062 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7926, 19.2737, 35.4716)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72779F #9F9A72

analogous

#728D9F #72779F #83729F

triadic

#72779F #9F7277 #779F72

tetradic

#72779F #9F728D #9F9A72 #729F83

square

#72779F #9F728D #9F9A72 #729F83

split-complementary

#72779F #9F8372 #8D9F72

monochromatic

#3D405A #565A7E #72779F #969AB8 #BBBDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#72779F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#72779F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72779F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72779F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72779F	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)

#6C7BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69789E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72779f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 119, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.062 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9ebb',
    500: '#72779f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72779f;
$custom-light: #9b9ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72779f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5804,
    "c": 0.06167,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72779F

secondary

#C0BEAD

accent

#B36CBC

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72779F

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

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