#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
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 199)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -6.34, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 24.83, 255.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0349 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.075 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1651, 33.5397, 58.9060)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##72A2C7	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72A2C7

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

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