#72939E#72939E

#72939E is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.040 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72939E
RGB	rgb(114, 147, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -8.81, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 12.99, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0307 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.04 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5428, 26.9124, 36.2953)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72939E #9E7D72

analogous

#729E93 #72939E #727D9E

triadic

#72939E #9E7293 #939E72

tetradic

#72939E #93729E #9E7D72 #7D9E72

square

#72939E #93729E #9E7D72 #7D9E72

split-complementary

#72939E #9E727D #9E9372

monochromatic

#3D5259 #56737D #72939E #96AFB7 #BBCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#72939E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#72939E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72939E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72939E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72939E	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#649796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72939e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 147, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.040 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb2ba',
    500: '#72939e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72939e;
$custom-light: #9bb2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72939e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64221,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72939E

secondary

#BFB1AC

accent

#806DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F5F6

border

#CCCFD0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #72939E

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

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