Information about #72647B color

#72647B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#72647B falls into the Violet Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(114, 100, 123) — 44.7% red, 39.2% green, 48.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 9 / 0 / 52. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #72647B reads as a calm, restrained twilight violet and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rum (#716675). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mousy Wisteria (#766980) and Old Lavender (#796878).

The recipe behind #72647B is rgb(114, 100, 123), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #72647B: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #72647B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#72647B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#72647B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #72647B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Rum color link
Rum

#716675

Old Lavender color link
Old Lavender

#796878

Labyrinth color link
Labyrinth

#786A7F

Mamba color link
Mamba

#766D7C

Dolphin color link
Dolphin

#6A6873

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Innuendo color link
Innuendo

#77696F

Waterloo color link
Waterloo

#727282

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#72647B
  • RGB114, 100, 123
  • CMYK4, 9, 0, 52
  • CSSrgb(114, 100, 123)
  • HSL277°, 10%, 44%
  • HSL Precise276.522°, 10.314%, 43.725%
  • HSV277°, 19%, 48%
  • HSB277°, 19%, 48%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.392
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • GLSLvec3(0.447, 0.392, 0.482)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.447, 0.392, 0.482, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.447, 0.392, 0.482)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB44.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.2%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID72647B
  • DECIMAL ID7496827
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01