#72A4B1#72A4B1

#72A4B1 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.056 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4B1
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 177)
HSL	hsl(192, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -13.29, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 17.92, 222.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0458 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.056 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1480, 33.3010, 46.5310)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4B1 #B17F72

analogous

#72B19F #72A4B1 #7285B1

triadic

#72A4B1 #B172A4 #A4B172

tetradic

#72A4B1 #9F72B1 #B17F72 #85B172

square

#72A4B1 #9F72B1 #B17F72 #85B172

split-complementary

#72A4B1 #B17285 #B19F72

monochromatic

#3C636D #528694 #72A4B1 #99BDC7 #C1D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#72A4B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#72A4B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4B1

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4B1	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.056 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbfc8',
    500: '#72a4b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4b1;
$custom-light: #9dbfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.05638,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4B1

secondary

#CCB8B3

accent

#7763C5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4B1

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

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