#72A3CA#72A3CA

#72A3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.078 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3CA
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -6.06, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 25.79, 256.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0351 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.078 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6937, 34.0341, 60.8175)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3CA #CA9972

analogous

#72CAC5 #72A3CA #7277CA

triadic

#72A3CA #CA72A3 #A3CA72

tetradic

#72A3CA #C572CA #CA9972 #77CA72

square

#72A3CA #C572CA #CA9972 #77CA72

split-complementary

#72A3CA #CA7277 #CAC572

monochromatic

#35668D #4686B9 #72A3CA #9EC0DB #CBDDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#72A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#72A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3CA

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3CA	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.078 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebeda',
    500: '#72a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3ca;
$custom-light: #9ebeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.591,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6955,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3CA

secondary

#DCCABC

accent

#6B2DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3CA

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

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