#72A2C4#72A2C4

#72A2C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.072 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2C4
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -7.17, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 23.62, 252.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.036 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.072 240)
XYZ	xyz(29.8202, 33.4017, 57.0897)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2C4 #C49472

analogous

#72C4BD #72A2C4 #7279C4

triadic

#72A2C4 #C472A2 #A2C472

tetradic

#72A2C4 #BD72C4 #C49472 #79C472

square

#72A2C4 #BD72C4 #C49472 #79C472

split-complementary

#72A2C4 #C47279 #C4BD72

monochromatic

#376484 #4985AF #72A2C4 #9DBED6 #C8DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#72A2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#72A2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2C4

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2C4	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.072 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebdd6',
    500: '#72a2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2c4;
$custom-light: #9ebdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69078,
    "c": 0.07191,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.33404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2C4

secondary

#D8C6B9

accent

#6831B4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2C4

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

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