#72A4D7#72A4D7

#72A4D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.092 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4D7
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 215)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 23.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -2.92, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 31.21, 264.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.032 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.092 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4764, 35.0324, 69.3274)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4D7 #D7A572

analogous

#72D7D7 #72A4D7 #7372D7

triadic

#72A4D7 #D772A4 #A4D772

tetradic

#72A4D7 #D772D7 #D7A572 #72D773

square

#72A4D7 #D772D7 #D7A572 #72D773

split-complementary

#72A4D7 #D77372 #D7D772

monochromatic

#2E67A1 #4285C9 #72A4D7 #A2C3E5 #D1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72A4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#72A4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4D7

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4D7	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.092 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbee3',
    500: '#72a4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4d7;
$custom-light: #9fbee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.297,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.09235,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4D7

secondary

#E4D3C1

accent

#7422C3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4D7

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

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