#72A5CE#72A5CE

#72A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.081 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5CE
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -6.04, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 26.88, 257.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0362 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.081 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5313, 34.9418, 63.4635)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5CE #CE9B72

analogous

#72CEC9 #72A5CE #7277CE

triadic

#72A5CE #CE72A5 #A5CE72

tetradic

#72A5CE #C972CE #CE9B72 #77CE72

square

#72A5CE #C972CE #CE9B72 #77CE72

split-complementary

#72A5CE #CE7277 #CEC972

monochromatic

#336893 #4588BE #72A5CE #9FC2DE #CDDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#72A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#72A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5CE

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5CE	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.081 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbfdd',
    500: '#72a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5ce;
$custom-light: #9fbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.739,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5CE

secondary

#DFCCBD

accent

#6B2ABC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5CE

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

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