#72A0CD#72A0CD

#72A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.083 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0CD
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -3.55, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 28.08, 262.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0304 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.083 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5260, 33.1248, 62.5310)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0CD #CD9F72

analogous

#72CDCC #72A0CD #7273CD

triadic

#72A0CD #CD72A0 #A0CD72

tetradic

#72A0CD #CC72CD #CD9F72 #73CD72

square

#72A0CD #CC72CD #CD9F72 #73CD72

split-complementary

#72A0CD #CD7273 #CDCC72

monochromatic

#336391 #4582BD #72A0CD #9FBEDD #CCDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#72A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#72A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0CD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0CD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.083 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebcdc',
    500: '#72a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0cd;
$custom-light: #9ebcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.67,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69015,
    "c": 0.08321,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0CD

secondary

#DECDBD

accent

#722BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0CD

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

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