#72A3CD#72A3CD

#72A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.081 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3CD
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -5.22, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 27.07, 258.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0341 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.081 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0523, 34.1775, 62.7064)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3CD #CD9C72

analogous

#72CDC9 #72A3CD #7276CD

triadic

#72A3CD #CD72A3 #A3CD72

tetradic

#72A3CD #C972CD #CD9C72 #76CD72

square

#72A3CD #C972CD #CD9C72 #76CD72

split-complementary

#72A3CD #CD7276 #CDC972

monochromatic

#336691 #4586BD #72A3CD #9FC0DD #CCDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#72A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3CD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3CD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.081 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbedc',
    500: '#72a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3cd;
$custom-light: #9fbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69678,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3CD

secondary

#DECCBD

accent

#6D2BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3CD

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

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