#72A2BC#72A2BC

#72A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.064 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2BC
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -9.34, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 20.70, 243.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0389 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.064 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9338, 33.0472, 52.4213)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2BC #BC8C72

analogous

#72BCB1 #72A2BC #727DBC

triadic

#72A2BC #BC72A2 #A2BC72

tetradic

#72A2BC #B172BC #BC8C72 #7DBC72

square

#72A2BC #B172BC #BC8C72 #7DBC72

split-complementary

#72A2BC #BC727D #BCB172

monochromatic

#3A637A #4E85A3 #72A2BC #9BBDD0 #C5D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#72A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#72A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2BC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2BC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.064 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbdd0',
    500: '#72a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2bc;
$custom-light: #9dbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68757,
    "c": 0.06408,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2BC

secondary

#D3C1B6

accent

#835CCC

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2BC

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

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