#72A4CD#72A4CD

#72A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.081 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4CD
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -5.77, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 26.76, 257.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0353 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.081 244)
XYZ	xyz(31.2306, 34.5340, 62.7658)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4CD #CD9B72

analogous

#72CDC9 #72A4CD #7276CD

triadic

#72A4CD #CD72A4 #A4CD72

tetradic

#72A4CD #C972CD #CD9B72 #76CD72

square

#72A4CD #C972CD #CD9B72 #76CD72

split-complementary

#72A4CD #CD7276 #CDC972

monochromatic

#336791 #4587BD #72A4CD #9FC1DD #CCDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#72A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#72A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4CD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4CD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.081 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbedc',
    500: '#72a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4cd;
$custom-light: #9fbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.033,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69899,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4CD

secondary

#DECCBD

accent

#6C2BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4CD

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

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