#72879F#72879F

#72879F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.044 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72879F
RGBrgb(114, 135, 159)
HSLhsl(212, 19%, 54%)
HSVhsv(212, 28%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(28.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(55.49, -1.81, -15.24)
CIE-LCHlch(55.49, 15.35, 263.24°)
OKLaboklab(61.55% -0.0136 -0.0417)
OKLCHoklch(61.55% 0.044 251.9)
XYZxyz(21.8596, 23.4078, 36.1606)
Luminance0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72879F #9F8A72
analogous
#729D9F #72879F #73729F
triadic
#72879F #9F7287 #879F72
tetradic
#72879F #9F729D #9F8A72 #729F73
square
#72879F #9F729D #9F8A72 #729F73
split-complementary
#72879F #9F7372 #9D9F72
monochromatic
#3D4A5A #56697E #72879F #96A6B8 #BBC5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70
#72879F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68
#72879F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72879F
5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72879F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72879F1.003.705.685.68
#FFFFFF3.701.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6821.001.001.00
##0000005.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E87A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#79839F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#658C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.044 251.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba9bb',
    500: '#72879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72879f;
$custom-light: #9ba9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61545,
    "c": 0.04389,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72879F
secondary
#C0B7AD
accent
#976CBC
background
#F9FAFB
surface
#F2F4F6
border
#CCCED0
text
#0E1011
muted
#7E7F80

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#72879F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva