#72A2CE#72A2CE

#72A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.083 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2CE
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -4.38, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 27.84, 260.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0325 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.083 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9966, 33.8723, 63.2852)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2CE #CE9E72

analogous

#72CECC #72A2CE #7274CE

triadic

#72A2CE #CE72A2 #A2CE72

tetradic

#72A2CE #CC72CE #CE9E72 #74CE72

square

#72A2CE #CC72CE #CE9E72 #74CE72

split-complementary

#72A2CE #CE7274 #CECC72

monochromatic

#336593 #4584BE #72A2CE #9FC0DE #CDDEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#72A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#72A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2CE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2CE	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)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.083 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbddd',
    500: '#72a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2ce;
$custom-light: #9fbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2CE

secondary

#DFCDBD

accent

#702ABC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2CE

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

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