#72A4BF#72A4BF

#72A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.066 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4BF
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -9.62, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 21.41, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0403 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.066 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6157, 33.8881, 54.2606)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4BF #BF8D72

analogous

#72BFB4 #72A4BF #727EBF

triadic

#72A4BF #BF72A4 #A4BF72

tetradic

#72A4BF #B472BF #BF8D72 #7EBF72

square

#72A4BF #B472BF #BF8D72 #7EBF72

split-complementary

#72A4BF #BF727E #BFB472

monochromatic

#39667E #4C88A8 #72A4BF #9CBFD2 #C6DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#72A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#72A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4BF

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4BF	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.066 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfd2',
    500: '#72a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4bf;
$custom-light: #9ebfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.06639,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4BF

secondary

#D5C2B8

accent

#835ACE

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4BF

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

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