#72888b

Color #72888b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#72888b

RGB

rgb(114, 136, 139)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 9.9%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 18%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(55.12, -7.19, -4.25)

LCH

lch(55.12, 8.35, 210.59)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0257, 206.57)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 44.7%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b7572

Analogous

#728b81

#72888b

#727b8b

Triadic

#72888b

#8b7288

#888b72

Split-complementary

#72888b

#8b727b

#8b8172

Tetradic

#72888b

#75728b

#8b7572

#888b72

Square

#72888b

#81728b

#8b7572

#7b8b72

Shades

Color #72888b mixed toward black.

#5f7174

#4c5b5d

#394446

#262d2e

#131717

Tints

Color #72888b mixed toward white.

#899c9f

#a1b0b2

#b8c4c5

#d0d7d8

#e7ebec

Tones

Color #72888b mixed toward gray.

#748689

#768587

#788385

#7a8283

#7c8081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c8a · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7b798a · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#738a8a · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #72888b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72888b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#72888b (#72888b) is rgb(114, 136, 139) in RGB.

No, #72888b 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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