#72A2AF#72A2AF

#72A2AF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.055 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2AF
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(193, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -12.73, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 17.40, 222.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.044 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.055 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5950, 32.5116, 45.3705)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2AF #AF7F72

analogous

#72AF9E #72A2AF #7284AF

triadic

#72A2AF #AF72A2 #A2AF72

tetradic

#72A2AF #9E72AF #AF7F72 #84AF72

square

#72A2AF #9E72AF #AF7F72 #84AF72

split-complementary

#72A2AF #AF7284 #AF9E72

monochromatic

#3C606A #528491 #72A2AF #99BCC5 #C0D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#72A2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#72A2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2AF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2AF	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)

#999FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.055 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbdc6',
    500: '#72a2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2af;
$custom-light: #9dbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68267,
    "c": 0.05467,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2AF

secondary

#CBB7B2

accent

#7864C4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2AF

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

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