#72A2BF#72A2BF

#72A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.067 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2BF
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -8.53, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 21.74, 246.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0378 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.067 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2606, 33.1779, 54.1422)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2BF #BF8F72

analogous

#72BFB5 #72A2BF #727CBF

triadic

#72A2BF #BF72A2 #A2BF72

tetradic

#72A2BF #B572BF #BF8F72 #7CBF72

square

#72A2BF #B572BF #BF8F72 #7CBF72

split-complementary

#72A2BF #BF727C #BFB572

monochromatic

#39647E #4C85A8 #72A2BF #9CBED2 #C6DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#72A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#72A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2BF

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2BF	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.067 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbdd2',
    500: '#72a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2bf;
$custom-light: #9dbdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.597,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68876,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2BF

secondary

#D5C3B8

accent

#865ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2BF

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

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