#72A2DB#72A2DB

#72A2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2DB
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 219)
HSL	hsl(213, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 26%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -0.64, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 33.89, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0283 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.099 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6416, 34.5303, 71.9491)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2DB #DBAB72

analogous

#72D7DB #72A2DB #7672DB

triadic

#72A2DB #DB72A2 #A2DB72

tetradic

#72A2DB #DB72D7 #DBAB72 #72DB76

square

#72A2DB #DB72D7 #DBAB72 #72DB76

split-complementary

#72A2DB #DB7672 #D7DB72

monochromatic

#2B64A8 #4182CF #72A2DB #A3C2E7 #D4E2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#72A2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#72A2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2DB

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2DB	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bde6',
    500: '#72a2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2db;
$custom-light: #a0bde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2DB

secondary

#E6D6C3

accent

#7A1FC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2DB

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

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