#72888E#72888E

#72888E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.027 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72888E
RGB	rgb(114, 136, 142)
HSL	hsl(193, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -6.50, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 8.74, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0218 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.027 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6247, 23.1381, 28.9654)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72888E #8E7872

analogous

#728E86 #72888E #727A8E

triadic

#72888E #8E7288 #888E72

tetradic

#72888E #86728E #8E7872 #7A8E72

square

#72888E #86728E #8E7872 #7A8E72

split-complementary

#72888E #8E727A #8E8672

monochromatic

#3B474A #57686C #72888E #94A5A9 #B6C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#72888E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#72888E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72888E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72888E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72888E	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F838E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72888e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 136, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.027 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9baaaf',
    500: '#72888e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72888e;
$custom-light: #9baaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72888e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61142,
    "c": 0.02691,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72888E

secondary

#B4AAA8

accent

#8274B4

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #72888E

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

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