#72A2C7#72A2C7

#72A2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.075 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A2C7
RGBrgb(114, 162, 199)
HSLhsl(206, 43%, 61%)
HSVhsv(206, 43%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(42.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(64.60, -6.34, -24.01)
CIE-LCHlch(64.60, 24.83, 255.21°)
OKLaboklab(69.2% -0.0349 -0.0665)
OKLCHoklch(69.2% 0.075 242.3)
XYZxyz(30.1651, 33.5397, 58.9060)
Luminance0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A2C7 #C79772
analogous
#72C7C2 #72A2C7 #7278C7
triadic
#72A2C7 #C772A2 #A2C772
tetradic
#72A2C7 #C272C7 #C79772 #78C772
square
#72A2C7 #C272C7 #C79772 #78C772
split-complementary
#72A2C7 #C77278 #C7C272
monochromatic
#366588 #4885B4 #72A2C7 #9EBFD8 #CADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#72A2C7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71
#72A2C7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2C7
7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A2C7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A2C71.002.727.717.71
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7121.001.001.00
##0000007.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92A2C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8799C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#51ABAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.075 242.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebdd8',
    500: '#72a2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a2c7;
$custom-light: #9ebdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.118,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69202,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A2C7
secondary
#DAC8BB
accent
#6A2FB6
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F6FA
border
#CCD0D3
text
#0F1214
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#72A2C7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva