#72799D#72799D

#72799D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.056 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72799D
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 157)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(230, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 5.84, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 21.02, 286.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0058 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.056 276)
XYZ	xyz(19.8610, 19.6859, 34.6451)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72799D #9D9672

analogous

#728E9D #72799D #80729D

triadic

#72799D #9D7279 #799D72

tetradic

#72799D #9D728E #9D9672 #729D80

square

#72799D #9D728E #9D9672 #729D80

split-complementary

#72799D #9D8072 #8E9D72

monochromatic

#3D4158 #565C7C #72799D #969BB6 #BABECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#72799D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#72799D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72799D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72799D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72799D	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72799d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 121, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.056 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9fba',
    500: '#72799d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72799d;
$custom-light: #9b9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72799d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58383,
    "c": 0.05588,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.19686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72799D

secondary

#BFBCAC

accent

#AE6DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72799D

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

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