#72A2C8#72A2C8

#72A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.076 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2C8
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -6.06, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 25.25, 256.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0346 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.076 243)
XYZ	xyz(30.2816, 33.5863, 59.5195)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2C8 #C89872

analogous

#72C8C3 #72A2C8 #7277C8

triadic

#72A2C8 #C872A2 #A2C872

tetradic

#72A2C8 #C372C8 #C89872 #77C872

square

#72A2C8 #C372C8 #C89872 #77C872

split-complementary

#72A2C8 #C87277 #C8C372

monochromatic

#36658A #4785B6 #72A2C8 #9EBFD9 #CADCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#72A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#72A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2C8

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2C8	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.076 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebdd8',
    500: '#72a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2c8;
$custom-light: #9ebdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.512,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69244,
    "c": 0.07622,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.33588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2C8

secondary

#DBC9BB

accent

#6B2EB7

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2C8

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

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