#72A5CC#72A5CC

#72A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.079 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5CC
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -6.60, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 26.05, 255.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0369 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.079 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2899, 34.8452, 62.1920)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5CC #CC9972

analogous

#72CCC6 #72A5CC #7278CC

triadic

#72A5CC #CC72A5 #A5CC72

tetradic

#72A5CC #C672CC #CC9972 #78CC72

square

#72A5CC #C672CC #CC9972 #78CC72

split-complementary

#72A5CC #CC7278 #CCC672

monochromatic

#346890 #4588BC #72A5CC #9FC2DC #CCDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#72A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#72A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5CC

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5CC	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.079 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebfdb',
    500: '#72a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5cc;
$custom-light: #9ebfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5CC

secondary

#DDCBBC

accent

#692BBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5CC

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

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