#72A0BF#72A0BF

#72A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.068 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0BF
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -7.43, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 22.14, 250.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0353 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.068 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9111, 32.4789, 54.0257)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0BF #BF9172

analogous

#72BFB8 #72A0BF #727ABF

triadic

#72A0BF #BF72A0 #A0BF72

tetradic

#72A0BF #B872BF #BF9172 #7ABF72

square

#72A0BF #B872BF #BF9172 #7ABF72

split-complementary

#72A0BF #BF727A #BFB872

monochromatic

#39627E #4C83A8 #72A0BF #9CBCD2 #C6D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#72A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#72A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0BF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0BF	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.068 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbcd2',
    500: '#72a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0bf;
$custom-light: #9dbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.156,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68427,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0BF

secondary

#D5C4B8

accent

#895ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0BF

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

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