#72A3DA#72A3DA

#72A3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3DA
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -1.49, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 33.00, 267.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0298 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.097 252)
XYZ	xyz(32.6872, 34.8315, 71.3168)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3DA #DAA972

analogous

#72D7DA #72A3DA #7572DA

triadic

#72A3DA #DA72A3 #A3DA72

tetradic

#72A3DA #DA72D7 #DAA972 #72DA75

square

#72A3DA #DA72D7 #DAA972 #72DA75

split-complementary

#72A3DA #DA7572 #D7DA72

monochromatic

#2C65A6 #4283CD #72A3DA #A2C3E7 #D3E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#72A3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#72A3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3DA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3DA	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bee5',
    500: '#72a3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3da;
$custom-light: #a0bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.731,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.34834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3DA

secondary

#E6D5C2

accent

#781FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3DA

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

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