#72A4CF#72A4CF

#72A4CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.083 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4CF
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(208, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -5.21, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 27.62, 259.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0346 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.083 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4735, 34.6312, 64.0454)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4CF #CF9D72

analogous

#72CFCB #72A4CF #7275CF

triadic

#72A4CF #CF72A4 #A4CF72

tetradic

#72A4CF #CB72CF #CF9D72 #75CF72

square

#72A4CF #CB72CF #CF9D72 #75CF72

split-complementary

#72A4CF #CF7275 #CFCB72

monochromatic

#326794 #4487BF #72A4CF #A0C1DF #CDDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#72A4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#72A4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4CF

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4CF	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.083 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbedd',
    500: '#72a4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4cf;
$custom-light: #9fbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69985,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4CF

secondary

#DFCDBE

accent

#6D29BD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F6FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4CF

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

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