#72808F#72808F

#72808F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.028 H 250.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72808F
RGB	rgb(114, 128, 143)
HSL	hsl(211, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -1.71, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 9.95, 260.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0096 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.028 250.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6152, 20.9984, 29.0009)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72808F #8F8172

analogous

#728E8F #72808F #72728F

triadic

#72808F #8F7280 #808F72

tetradic

#72808F #8F728E #8F8172 #728F72

square

#72808F #8F728E #8F8172 #728F72

split-complementary

#72808F #8F7272 #8E8F72

monochromatic

#3C434B #57626D #72808F #949FAA #B6BDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#72808F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#72808F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72808F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72808F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72808F	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72808f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 128, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.028 250.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba4af',
    500: '#72808f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72808f;
$custom-light: #9ba4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72808f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 11.462,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59365,
    "c": 0.0283,
    "h": 250.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72808F

secondary

#B5AFA8

accent

#9573B4

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72808F

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

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