#72868E#72868E

#72868E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.026 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72868E
RGB	rgb(114, 134, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -5.37, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 8.59, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0188 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.026 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3457, 22.5800, 28.8724)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72868E #8E7A72

analogous

#728E88 #72868E #72788E

triadic

#72868E #8E7286 #868E72

tetradic

#72868E #88728E #8E7A72 #788E72

square

#72868E #88728E #8E7A72 #788E72

split-complementary

#72868E #8E7278 #8E8872

monochromatic

#3B464A #57666C #72868E #94A3A9 #B6C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#72868E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#72868E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72868E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72868E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72868E	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72868e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 134, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.026 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba9af',
    500: '#72868e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72868e;
$custom-light: #9ba9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72868e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60685,
    "c": 0.02617,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72868E

secondary

#B4ABA8

accent

#8674B4

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72868E

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

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