#72A2CA#72A2CA

#72A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.078 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2CA
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -5.50, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 26.09, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0339 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.078 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5168, 33.6804, 60.7586)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2CA #CA9A72

analogous

#72CAC6 #72A2CA #7276CA

triadic

#72A2CA #CA72A2 #A2CA72

tetradic

#72A2CA #C672CA #CA9A72 #76CA72

square

#72A2CA #C672CA #CA9A72 #76CA72

split-complementary

#72A2CA #CA7276 #CAC672

monochromatic

#35658D #4685B9 #72A2CA #9EBFDB #CBDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#72A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#72A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2CA

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2CA	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.078 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebdda',
    500: '#72a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ca;
$custom-light: #9ebdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69328,
    "c": 0.07844,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2CA

secondary

#DCCABC

accent

#6C2DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2CA

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

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