#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
RGBrgb(114, 121, 157)
HSLhsl(230, 18%, 53%)
HSVhsv(230, 27%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(51.48, 5.84, -20.19)
CIE-LCHlch(51.48, 21.02, 286.13°)
OKLaboklab(58.38% 0.0058 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(58.38% 0.056 276)
XYZxyz(19.8610, 19.6859, 34.6451)
Luminance0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##72799D1.004.254.944.94
#FFFFFF4.251.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9421.001.001.00
##0000004.9421.001.001.00

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

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#72799D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva