#72A1CD#72A1CD

#72A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.083 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A1CD
RGB	rgb(114, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -4.10, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 27.73, 261.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0316 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.083 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7000, 33.4729, 62.5890)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A1CD #CD9E72

analogous

#72CDCC #72A1CD #7273CD

triadic

#72A1CD #CD72A1 #A1CD72

tetradic

#72A1CD #CC72CD #CD9E72 #73CD72

square

#72A1CD #CC72CD #CD9E72 #73CD72

split-complementary

#72A1CD #CD7273 #CDCC72

monochromatic

#336491 #4583BD #72A1CD #9FBFDD #CCDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#72A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#72A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A1CD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A1CD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8498CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.083 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebcdc',
    500: '#72a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a1cd;
$custom-light: #9ebcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.011,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A1CD

secondary

#DECDBD

accent

#702BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A1CD

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

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