#72A0DF#72A0DF

#72A0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A0DF
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 223)
HSL	hsl(215, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 1.67, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 36.73, 272.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0248 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.106 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8250, 34.0444, 74.6392)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A0DF #DFB172

analogous

#72D6DF #72A0DF #7A72DF

triadic

#72A0DF #DF72A0 #A0DF72

tetradic

#72A0DF #DF72D6 #DFB172 #72DF7A

square

#72A0DF #DF72D6 #DFB172 #72DF7A

split-complementary

#72A0DF #DF7A72 #D6DF72

monochromatic

#2861AF #407ED4 #72A0DF #A4C2EA #D6E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#72A0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#72A0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A0DF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A0DF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41AEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bbe9',
    500: '#72a0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a0df;
$custom-light: #a0bbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.679,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69835,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A0DF

secondary

#E8D9C4

accent

#801BCB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A0DF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →