#72788A#72788A

#72788A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.029 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72788A
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 138)
HSL	hsl(225, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 13%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 1.75, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 10.69, 279.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.0004 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.029 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2423, 18.8450, 26.7162)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72788A #8A8472

analogous

#72848A #72788A #78728A

triadic

#72788A #8A7278 #788A72

tetradic

#72788A #8A7284 #8A8472 #728A78

square

#72788A #8A7284 #8A8472 #728A78

split-complementary

#72788A #8A7872 #848A72

monochromatic

#3B3E47 #565B68 #72788A #9398A6 #B5B8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#72788A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#72788A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72788A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72788A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72788A	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71778A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72788a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.029 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9eac',
    500: '#72788a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72788a;
$custom-light: #9a9eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72788a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57392,
    "c": 0.02859,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72788A

secondary

#B1AFA6

accent

#A375B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72788A

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

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