#72788C#72788C

#72788C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.032 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72788C
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 140)
HSL	hsl(226, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 2.23, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 11.83, 280.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.0012 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.032 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3884, 18.9035, 27.4858)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72788C #8C8672

analogous

#72858C #72788C #79728C

triadic

#72788C #8C7278 #788C72

tetradic

#72788C #8C7285 #8C8672 #728C79

square

#72788C #8C7285 #8C8672 #728C79

split-complementary

#72788C #8C7972 #858C72

monochromatic

#3B3E49 #575B6A #72788C #9498A8 #B5B9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#72788C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#72788C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72788C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72788C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72788C	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71778B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72788c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.032 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9ead',
    500: '#72788c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72788c;
$custom-light: #9a9ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72788c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57468,
    "c": 0.03158,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72788C

secondary

#B3B0A7

accent

#A575B3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72788C

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

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