#72A0BD#72A0BD

#72A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.066 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0BD
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -7.97, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 21.39, 248.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.036 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.066 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6925, 32.3914, 52.8745)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0BD #BD8F72

analogous

#72BDB5 #72A0BD #727BBD

triadic

#72A0BD #BD72A0 #A0BD72

tetradic

#72A0BD #B572BD #BD8F72 #7BBD72

square

#72A0BD #B572BD #BD8F72 #7BBD72

split-complementary

#72A0BD #BD727B #BDB572

monochromatic

#3A627B #4D83A5 #72A0BD #9CBCD1 #C5D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#72A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#72A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0BD

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0BD	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.066 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbcd1',
    500: '#72a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0bd;
$custom-light: #9dbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0BD

secondary

#D4C2B7

accent

#875CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0BD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →