#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
RGBrgb(114, 165, 211)
HSLhsl(208, 52%, 64%)
HSVhsv(208, 46%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(46%, 21.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.90, -4.62, -28.67)
CIE-LCHlch(65.90, 29.04, 260.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.38% -0.0345 -0.0798)
OKLCHoklch(70.38% 0.087 246.6)
XYZxyz(32.1484, 35.1886, 66.7134)
Luminance0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##72A5D31.002.618.048.04
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0421.001.001.00
##0000008.0421.001.001.00

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

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#72A5D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva