#727996#727996

#727996 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.045 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#727996
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 150)
HSL	hsl(228, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(228, 24%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 19.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 4.07, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 17.01, 283.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0034 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.045 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2804, 19.4537, 31.5874)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#727996 #968F72

analogous

#728B96 #727996 #7D7296

triadic

#727996 #967279 #799672

tetradic

#727996 #96728B #968F72 #72967D

square

#727996 #96728B #968F72 #72967D

split-complementary

#727996 #967D72 #8B9672

monochromatic

#3C4051 #575C74 #727996 #959AB0 #B8BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#727996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#727996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #727996

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##727996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##727996	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#717C97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#697E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #727996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 121, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.045 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9fb5',
    500: '#727996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #727996;
$custom-light: #9b9fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#727996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.333,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58087,
    "c": 0.04534,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#727996

secondary

#BAB7AA

accent

#AA70B7

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #727996

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

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