#72A2DD#72A2DD

#72A2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A2DD
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -0.05, -34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 34.86, 269.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0277 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.101 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9065, 34.6362, 73.3440)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A2DD #DDAD72

analogous

#72D7DD #72A2DD #7772DD

triadic

#72A2DD #DD72A2 #A2DD72

tetradic

#72A2DD #DD72D7 #DDAD72 #72DD77

square

#72A2DD #DD72D7 #DDAD72 #72DD77

split-complementary

#72A2DD #DD7772 #D7DD72

monochromatic

#2964AB #4181D1 #72A2DD #A3C3E9 #D5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#72A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#72A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A2DD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A2DD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bde7',
    500: '#72a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a2dd;
$custom-light: #a0bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.084,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A2DD

secondary

#E7D7C4

accent

#7C1DC9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A2DD

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

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