#72859D#72859D

#72859D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.043 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72859D
RGB	rgb(114, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(213, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -1.16, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 15.10, 265.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0115 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.043 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4110, 22.7860, 35.1618)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72859D #9D8A72

analogous

#729B9D #72859D #74729D

triadic

#72859D #9D7285 #859D72

tetradic

#72859D #9D729B #9D8A72 #729D74

square

#72859D #9D729B #9D8A72 #729D74

split-complementary

#72859D #9D7472 #9B9D72

monochromatic

#3D4958 #56677C #72859D #96A4B6 #BAC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#72859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#72859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72859D

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72859D	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#668A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.043 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba8ba',
    500: '#72859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72859d;
$custom-light: #9ba8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.488,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6102,
    "c": 0.04277,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72859D

secondary

#BFB6AC

accent

#986DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72859D

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

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