#72A5D8#72A5D8

#72A5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.093 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5D8
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -3.19, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 31.29, 264.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0329 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.093 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7850, 35.4433, 70.0661)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5D8 #D8A572

analogous

#72D8D8 #72A5D8 #7272D8

triadic

#72A5D8 #D872A5 #A5D872

tetradic

#72A5D8 #D872D8 #D8A572 #72D872

square

#72A5D8 #D872D8 #D8A572 #72D872

split-complementary

#72A5D8 #D87272 #D8D872

monochromatic

#2D68A3 #4286CB #72A5D8 #A2C4E5 #D2E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#72A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#72A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5D8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5D8	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.093 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbfe4',
    500: '#72a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5d8;
$custom-light: #9fbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70599,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5D8

secondary

#E4D3C1

accent

#7321C4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5D8

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

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