#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
RGB	rgb(114, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(212, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -1.81, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 15.35, 263.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0136 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.044 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8596, 23.4078, 36.1606)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##72879F	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #72879F

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

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