#72A5D3#72A5D3

#72A5D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.087 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5D3
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 211)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 21.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -4.62, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 29.04, 260.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0345 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.087 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1484, 35.1886, 66.7134)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5D3 #D3A072

analogous

#72D3D0 #72A5D3 #7274D3

triadic

#72A5D3 #D372A5 #A5D372

tetradic

#72A5D3 #D072D3 #D3A072 #74D372

square

#72A5D3 #D072D3 #D3A072 #74D372

split-complementary

#72A5D3 #D37274 #D3D072

monochromatic

#30689A #4387C4 #72A5D3 #A1C3E2 #CFE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72A5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#72A5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5D3

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5D3	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)

#92A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.087 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbfe0',
    500: '#72a5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5d3;
$custom-light: #9fbfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.454,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70379,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5D3

secondary

#E2D0BF

accent

#6F26C0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5D3

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

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