#72A5DA#72A5DA

#72A5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.095 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5DA
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -2.61, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 32.22, 265.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0322 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.095 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0451, 35.5473, 71.4361)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5DA #DAA772

analogous

#72D9DA #72A5DA #7372DA

triadic

#72A5DA #DA72A5 #A5DA72

tetradic

#72A5DA #DA72D9 #DAA772 #72DA73

square

#72A5DA #DA72D9 #DAA772 #72DA73

split-complementary

#72A5DA #DA7372 #D9DA72

monochromatic

#2C68A6 #4286CD #72A5DA #A2C4E7 #D3E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5DA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5DA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.095 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfe5',
    500: '#72a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5da;
$custom-light: #a0bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.577,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70688,
    "c": 0.09523,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5DA

secondary

#E6D4C2

accent

#741FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5DA

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

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