#72A2CD#72A2CD

#72A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2CD
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -4.66, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 27.40, 260.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0329 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.082 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8755, 33.8238, 62.6475)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2CD #CD9D72

analogous

#72CDCB #72A2CD #7274CD

triadic

#72A2CD #CD72A2 #A2CD72

tetradic

#72A2CD #CB72CD #CD9D72 #74CD72

square

#72A2CD #CB72CD #CD9D72 #74CD72

split-complementary

#72A2CD #CD7274 #CDCB72

monochromatic

#336591 #4584BD #72A2CD #9FC0DD #CCDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#72A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#72A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2CD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2CD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebddc',
    500: '#72a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2cd;
$custom-light: #9ebddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.352,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69456,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2CD

secondary

#DECCBD

accent

#6F2BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2CD

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

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