#72A2CB#72A2CB

#72A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.080 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2CB
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -5.22, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 26.52, 258.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0335 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.08 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6356, 33.7279, 61.3841)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2CB #CB9B72

analogous

#72CBC7 #72A2CB #7276CB

triadic

#72A2CB #CB72A2 #A2CB72

tetradic

#72A2CB #C772CB #CB9B72 #76CB72

square

#72A2CB #C772CB #CB9B72 #76CB72

split-complementary

#72A2CB #CB7276 #CBC772

monochromatic

#34658E #4585BB #72A2CB #9FBFDB #CBDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#72A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#72A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2CB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2CB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.080 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebddb',
    500: '#72a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2cb;
$custom-light: #9ebddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.64,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69371,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2CB

secondary

#DDCBBC

accent

#6D2CB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2CB

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

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