#72789D#72789D

#72789D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.057 H 277.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72789D
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 157)
HSL	hsl(232, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 6.43, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 21.60, 287.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0073 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.057 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7401, 19.4442, 34.6048)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72789D #9D9772

analogous

#728D9D #72789D #81729D

triadic

#72789D #9D7278 #789D72

tetradic

#72789D #9D728D #9D9772 #729D81

square

#72789D #9D728D #9D9772 #729D81

split-complementary

#72789D #9D8172 #8D9D72

monochromatic

#3D4158 #565B7C #72789D #969BB6 #BABDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#72789D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#72789D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72789D

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72789D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72789D	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#677F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72789d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.057 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9eba',
    500: '#72789d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72789d;
$custom-light: #9b9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72789d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.05724,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72789D

secondary

#BFBCAC

accent

#B06DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72789D

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

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