#72828F#72828F

#72828F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.027 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72828F
RGB	rgb(114, 130, 143)
HSL	hsl(207, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(207, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -2.86, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 9.40, 252.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0126 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.027 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8787, 21.5253, 29.0887)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72828F #8F7F72

analogous

#728F8D #72828F #72738F

triadic

#72828F #8F7282 #828F72

tetradic

#72828F #8D728F #8F7F72 #738F72

square

#72828F #8D728F #8F7F72 #738F72

split-complementary

#72828F #8F7273 #8F8D72

monochromatic

#3C444B #57636D #72828F #94A0AA #B6BEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#72828F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#72828F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72828F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72828F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72828F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72828f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 130, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.027 242.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72828f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 11.462,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59815,
    "c": 0.02733,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72828F

secondary

#B5AEA8

accent

#9173B4

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72828F

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

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