#72A3BB#72A3BB

#72A3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.063 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3BB
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -10.15, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 20.26, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0406 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.063 230)
XYZ	xyz(29.0032, 33.3579, 51.9145)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3BB #BB8A72

analogous

#72BBAF #72A3BB #727FBB

triadic

#72A3BB #BB72A3 #A3BB72

tetradic

#72A3BB #AF72BB #BB8A72 #7FBB72

square

#72A3BB #AF72BB #BB8A72 #7FBB72

split-complementary

#72A3BB #BB727F #BBAF72

monochromatic

#3A6478 #4E86A2 #72A3BB #9BBECF #C5D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#72A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#72A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3BB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3BB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.063 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbecf',
    500: '#72a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3bb;
$custom-light: #9dbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.726,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68945,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.3336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3BB

secondary

#D3BFB6

accent

#815DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3BB

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

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