#72869E#72869E

#72869E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.043 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72869E
RGB	rgb(114, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(213, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -1.49, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 15.22, 264.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0125 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.043 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6343, 23.0955, 35.6591)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72869E #9E8A72

analogous

#729C9E #72869E #74729E

triadic

#72869E #9E7286 #869E72

tetradic

#72869E #9E729C #9E8A72 #729E74

square

#72869E #9E729C #9E8A72 #729E74

split-complementary

#72869E #9E7472 #9C9E72

monochromatic

#3D4A59 #56687D #72869E #96A5B7 #BBC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#72869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#72869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72869E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72869E	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#668B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.043 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba9ba',
    500: '#72869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72869e;
$custom-light: #9ba9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61282,
    "c": 0.04333,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72869E

secondary

#BFB7AC

accent

#976DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #72869E

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

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