#72A3DD#72A3DD

#72A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.101 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A3DD
RGB	rgb(114, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -0.61, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 34.44, 268.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0289 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.101 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0833, 34.9899, 73.4030)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A3DD #DDAC72

analogous

#72D9DD #72A3DD #7672DD

triadic

#72A3DD #DD72A3 #A3DD72

tetradic

#72A3DD #DD72D9 #DDAC72 #72DD76

square

#72A3DD #DD72D9 #DDAC72 #72DD76

split-complementary

#72A3DD #DD7672 #D9DD72

monochromatic

#2965AB #4183D1 #72A3DD #A3C3E9 #D5E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#72A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#72A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A3DD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A3DD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.101 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bee7',
    500: '#72a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a3dd;
$custom-light: #a0bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.523,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7039,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A3DD

secondary

#E7D7C4

accent

#7A1DC9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A3DD

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

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