#72A4DA#72A4DA

#72A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.096 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A4DA
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -2.05, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 32.60, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.031 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.096 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8655, 35.1880, 71.3762)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A4DA #DAA872

analogous

#72D8DA #72A4DA #7472DA

triadic

#72A4DA #DA72A4 #A4DA72

tetradic

#72A4DA #DA72D8 #DAA872 #72DA74

square

#72A4DA #DA72D8 #DAA872 #72DA74

split-complementary

#72A4DA #DA7472 #D8DA72

monochromatic

#2C66A6 #4285CD #72A4DA #A2C3E7 #D3E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#72A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A4DA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A4DA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.096 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bee5',
    500: '#72a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a4da;
$custom-light: #a0bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7047,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A4DA

secondary

#E6D5C2

accent

#761FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A4DA

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

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