#72A2BB#72A2BB

#72A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.063 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2BB
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -9.60, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 20.38, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0393 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.063 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8264, 33.0042, 51.8556)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2BB #BB8B72

analogous

#72BBB0 #72A2BB #727EBB

triadic

#72A2BB #BB72A2 #A2BB72

tetradic

#72A2BB #B072BB #BB8B72 #7EBB72

square

#72A2BB #B072BB #BB8B72 #7EBB72

split-complementary

#72A2BB #BB727E #BBB072

monochromatic

#3A6378 #4E85A2 #72A2BB #9BBDCF #C5D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#72A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#72A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2BB

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2BB	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.063 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbdcf',
    500: '#72a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2bb;
$custom-light: #9dbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68718,
    "c": 0.0632,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2BB

secondary

#D3C0B6

accent

#835DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2BB

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

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