#72A2CC#72A2CC

#72A2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.081 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2CC
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -4.94, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 26.96, 259.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0332 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.081 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7552, 33.7757, 62.0138)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2CC #CC9C72

analogous

#72CCC9 #72A2CC #7275CC

triadic

#72A2CC #CC72A2 #A2CC72

tetradic

#72A2CC #C972CC #CC9C72 #75CC72

square

#72A2CC #C972CC #CC9C72 #75CC72

split-complementary

#72A2CC #CC7275 #CCC972

monochromatic

#346590 #4584BC #72A2CC #9FC0DC #CCDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#72A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#72A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2CC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2CC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.081 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebddb',
    500: '#72a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2cc;
$custom-light: #9ebddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69413,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2CC

secondary

#DDCCBC

accent

#6E2BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2CC

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

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