#72828E#72828E

#72828E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.026 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72828E
RGB	rgb(114, 130, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -3.10, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 8.97, 249.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.013 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.026 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8033, 21.4951, 28.6915)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72828E #8E7E72

analogous

#728E8C #72828E #72748E

triadic

#72828E #8E7282 #828E72

tetradic

#72828E #8C728E #8E7E72 #748E72

square

#72828E #8C728E #8E7E72 #748E72

split-complementary

#72828E #8E7274 #8E8C72

monochromatic

#3B444A #57636C #72828E #94A0A9 #B6BEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#72828E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#72828E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72828E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72828E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72828E	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)

#7D828F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72828e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 130, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.026 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba6af',
    500: '#72828e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72828e;
$custom-light: #9ba6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72828e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59778,
    "c": 0.02624,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72828E

secondary

#B4ADA8

accent

#8F74B4

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72828E

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

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