#72A3DC#72A3DC

#72A3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A3DC
RGBrgb(114, 163, 220)
HSLhsl(212, 60%, 65%)
HSVhsv(212, 48%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, -0.91, -33.95)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 33.96, 268.47°)
OKLaboklab(70.34% -0.0292 -0.0949)
OKLCHoklch(70.34% 0.099 252.9)
XYZxyz(32.9505, 34.9368, 72.7034)
Luminance0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A3DC #DCAB72
analogous
#72D8DC #72A3DC #7672DC
triadic
#72A3DC #DC72A3 #A3DC72
tetradic
#72A3DC #DC72D8 #DCAB72 #72DC76
square
#72A3DC #DC72D8 #DCAB72 #72DC76
split-complementary
#72A3DC #DC7672 #D8DC72
monochromatic
#2A65AA #4183D0 #72A3DC #A3C3E8 #D4E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#72A3DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#72A3DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3DC
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A3DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A3DC1.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DA5DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F9BDB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#42B0B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 252.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bee7',
    500: '#72a3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a3dc;
$custom-light: #a0bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.264,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70344,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A3DC
secondary
#E7D6C3
accent
#791EC8
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F6FC
border
#CED0D5
text
#0F1216
muted
#7F8184

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#72A3DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva