#72A0CA#72A0CA

#72A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.080 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0CA
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(209, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -4.39, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 26.73, 260.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0314 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.08 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1673, 32.9814, 60.6421)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0CA #CA9C72

analogous

#72CAC8 #72A0CA #7274CA

triadic

#72A0CA #CA72A0 #A0CA72

tetradic

#72A0CA #C872CA #CA9C72 #74CA72

square

#72A0CA #C872CA #CA9C72 #74CA72

split-complementary

#72A0CA #CA7274 #CAC872

monochromatic

#35638D #4682B9 #72A0CA #9EBEDB #CBDCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#72A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#72A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0CA

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0CA	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8497C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.080 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebcda',
    500: '#72a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0ca;
$custom-light: #9ebcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68885,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0CA

secondary

#DCCBBC

accent

#702DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0CA

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

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