#72799F#72799F

#72799F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.059 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72799F
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(231, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 6.36, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 22.17, 286.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0065 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.059 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0331, 19.7548, 35.5517)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72799F #9F9872

analogous

#728F9F #72799F #81729F

triadic

#72799F #9F7279 #799F72

tetradic

#72799F #9F728F #9F9872 #729F81

square

#72799F #9F728F #9F9872 #729F81

split-complementary

#72799F #9F8172 #8F9F72

monochromatic

#3D415A #565C7E #72799F #969CB8 #BBBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#72799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#72799F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72799F

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72799F	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.059 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9fbb',
    500: '#72799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72799f;
$custom-light: #9b9fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.667,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5847,
    "c": 0.0589,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72799F

secondary

#C0BDAD

accent

#AF6CBC

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #72799F

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

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