#72868C#72868C

#72868C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.025 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72868C
RGB	rgb(114, 134, 140)
HSL	hsl(194, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -5.83, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 8.11, 224.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0197 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.025 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1969, 22.5205, 28.0886)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72868C #8C7872

analogous

#728C85 #72868C #72798C

triadic

#72868C #8C7286 #868C72

tetradic

#72868C #85728C #8C7872 #798C72

square

#72868C #85728C #8C7872 #798C72

split-complementary

#72868C #8C7279 #8C8572

monochromatic

#3B4549 #57666A #72868C #94A3A8 #B5C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#72868C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#72868C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72868C

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72868C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72868C	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)

#82858C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E818C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72868c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 134, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.025 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba9ad',
    500: '#72868c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72868c;
$custom-light: #9ba9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72868c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60616,
    "c": 0.0249,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72868C

secondary

#B3AAA7

accent

#8375B3

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72868C

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

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