#72A2B2#72A2B2

#72A2B2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.056 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2B2
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -11.96, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 17.96, 228.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0428 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.056 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8929, 32.6308, 46.9395)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2B2 #B28272

analogous

#72B2A2 #72A2B2 #7282B2

triadic

#72A2B2 #B272A2 #A2B272

tetradic

#72A2B2 #A272B2 #B28272 #82B272

square

#72A2B2 #A272B2 #B28272 #82B272

split-complementary

#72A2B2 #B27282 #B2A272

monochromatic

#3C616E #528495 #72A2B2 #9ABCC8 #C1D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#72A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#72A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2B2

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2B2	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.056 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbdc9',
    500: '#72a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2b2;
$custom-light: #9dbdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 29.358,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68377,
    "c": 0.05638,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2B2

secondary

#CDB9B3

accent

#7B62C6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2B2

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

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