#72828c

Color #72828c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.57 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#72828c

RGB

rgb(114, 130, 140)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 10.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 18.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(53.42, -3.56, -7.35)

LCH

lch(53.42, 8.17, 244.16)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0242, 235.26)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 44.7%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c7c72

Analogous

#728c89

#72828c

#72758c

Triadic

#72828c

#8c7282

#828c72

Split-complementary

#72828c

#8c7275

#8c8972

Tetradic

#72828c

#7c728c

#8c7c72

#828c72

Square

#72828c

#89728c

#8c7c72

#758c72

Shades

Color #72828c mixed toward black.

#5f6c75

#4c575d

#394146

#262b2f

#131617

Tints

Color #72828c mixed toward white.

#89979f

#a1acb2

#b8c0c6

#d0d5d9

#e7eaec

Tones

Color #72828c mixed toward gray.

#74818a

#768188

#798085

#7b8083

#7d7f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79798a · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#787789 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#738887 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 7.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #72828c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72828c]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#72828c (#72828c) is rgb(114, 130, 140) in RGB.

No, #72828c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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