#72788F#72788F

#72788F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.036 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72788F
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 143)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 2.94, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 13.54, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0023 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.036 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6126, 18.9932, 28.6667)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72788F #8F8972

analogous

#72868F #72788F #7A728F

triadic

#72788F #8F7278 #788F72

tetradic

#72788F #8F7286 #8F8972 #728F7A

square

#72788F #8F7286 #8F8972 #728F7A

split-complementary

#72788F #8F7A72 #868F72

monochromatic

#3C3F4B #575B6D #72788F #9499AA #B6B9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#72788F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#72788F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72788F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72788F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72788F	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72788f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.036 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9eaf',
    500: '#72788f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72788f;
$custom-light: #9b9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72788f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 11.462,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57585,
    "c": 0.03609,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72788F

secondary

#B5B2A8

accent

#A773B4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72788F

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

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