#72809E#72809E

#72809E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.049 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72809E
RGB	rgb(114, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 1.99, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 17.84, 276.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.004 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.049 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8285, 21.4837, 35.3905)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72809E #9E9072

analogous

#72969E #72809E #7A729E

triadic

#72809E #9E7280 #809E72

tetradic

#72809E #9E7296 #9E9072 #729E7A

square

#72809E #9E7296 #9E9072 #729E7A

split-complementary

#72809E #9E7A72 #969E72

monochromatic

#3D4659 #56627D #72809E #96A1B7 #BBC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#72809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#72809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72809E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72809E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.049 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba4ba',
    500: '#72809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72809e;
$custom-light: #9ba4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59953,
    "c": 0.04882,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72809E

secondary

#BFB9AC

accent

#A26DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72809E

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

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