#72949D#72949D

#72949D is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.040 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72949D
RGB	rgb(114, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -9.60, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 12.88, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0325 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.04 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6133, 27.1905, 35.8959)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72949D #9D7B72

analogous

#729D90 #72949D #727E9D

triadic

#72949D #9D7294 #949D72

tetradic

#72949D #90729D #9D7B72 #7E9D72

square

#72949D #90729D #9D7B72 #7E9D72

split-complementary

#72949D #9D727E #9D9072

monochromatic

#3D5258 #56747C #72949D #96AFB6 #BACBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#72949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#72949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72949D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72949D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#649897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.040 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb3b9',
    500: '#72949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72949d;
$custom-light: #9bb3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 17.992,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.04009,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72949D

secondary

#BFB0AC

accent

#7D6DBB

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #72949D

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

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