#72849D#72849D

#72849D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.044 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72849D
RGB	rgb(114, 132, 157)
HSL	hsl(215, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -0.59, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 15.50, 267.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0101 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.044 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2748, 22.5135, 35.1164)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72849D #9D8B72

analogous

#72999D #72849D #75729D

triadic

#72849D #9D7284 #849D72

tetradic

#72849D #9D7299 #9D8B72 #729D75

square

#72849D #9D7299 #9D8B72 #729D75

split-complementary

#72849D #9D7572 #999D72

monochromatic

#3D4858 #56667C #72849D #96A3B6 #BAC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#72849D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#72849D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72849D

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72849D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72849D	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72849d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 132, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.044 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba7ba',
    500: '#72849d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72849d;
$custom-light: #9ba7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72849d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60797,
    "c": 0.04358,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72849D

secondary

#BFB7AC

accent

#9A6DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72849D

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

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