#72848C#72848C

#72848C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.024 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72848C
RGB	rgb(114, 132, 140)
HSL	hsl(198, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -4.70, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 8.02, 234.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0167 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.024 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9231, 21.9729, 27.9974)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72848C #8C7A72

analogous

#728C87 #72848C #72778C

triadic

#72848C #8C7284 #848C72

tetradic

#72848C #87728C #8C7A72 #778C72

square

#72848C #87728C #8C7A72 #778C72

split-complementary

#72848C #8C7277 #8C8772

monochromatic

#3B4449 #57646A #72848C #94A1A8 #B5BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#72848C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#72848C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72848C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72848C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72848C	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72848c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 132, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.024 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba7ad',
    500: '#72848c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72848c;
$custom-light: #9ba7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72848c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.02427,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72848C

secondary

#B3ABA7

accent

#8875B3

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72848C

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

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