#73839B#73839B

#73839B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.041 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73839B
RGB	rgb(115, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(216, 17%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(216, 26%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -0.19, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 14.75, 269.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0083 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.041 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1013, 22.2433, 34.1856)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73839B #9B8B73

analogous

#73979B #73839B #77739B

triadic

#73839B #9B7383 #839B73

tetradic

#73839B #9B7397 #9B8B73 #739B77

square

#73839B #9B7397 #9B8B73 #739B77

split-complementary

#73839B #9B7773 #979B73

monochromatic

#3D4756 #57657A #73839B #97A3B4 #BAC2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#73839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#73839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #73839B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73839B	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.041 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ca7b8',
    500: '#73839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73839b;
$custom-light: #9ca7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60569,
    "c": 0.04118,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73839B

secondary

#BEB7AC

accent

#9B6EB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #73839B

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

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