#72878a

Color #72878a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 8.09 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#72878a

RGB

rgb(114, 135, 138)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 9.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 17.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(54.8, -6.85, -4.14)

LCH

lch(54.8, 8, 211.15)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0247, 206.98)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 44.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a7572

Analogous

#728a81

#72878a

#727b8a

Triadic

#72878a

#8a7287

#878a72

Split-complementary

#72878a

#8a727b

#8a8172

Tetradic

#72878a

#75728a

#8a7572

#878a72

Square

#72878a

#81728a

#8a7572

#7b8a72

Shades

Color #72878a mixed toward black.

#5f7073

#4c5a5c

#394345

#262d2e

#131617

Tints

Color #72878a mixed toward white.

#899b9e

#a1afb1

#b8c3c5

#d0d7d8

#e7ebec

Tones

Color #72878a mixed toward gray.

#748588

#768486

#788284

#7a8182

#7c7f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7c89 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#7a7989 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#738989 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #72878a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#72878a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#72878a (#72878a) is rgb(114, 135, 138) in RGB.

No, #72878a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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