#72A5DD#72A5DD

#72A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A5DD
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -1.74, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 33.62, 267.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0313 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.099 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4412, 35.7058, 73.5223)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A5DD #DDAA72

analogous

#72DADD #72A5DD #7472DD

triadic

#72A5DD #DD72A5 #A5DD72

tetradic

#72A5DD #DD72DA #DDAA72 #72DD74

square

#72A5DD #DD72DA #DDAA72 #72DD74

split-complementary

#72A5DD #DD7472 #DADD72

monochromatic

#2967AB #4186D1 #72A5DD #A3C4E9 #D5E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#72A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A5DD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A5DD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bfe7',
    500: '#72a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a5dd;
$custom-light: #a0bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.402,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A5DD

secondary

#E7D6C4

accent

#771DC9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A5DD

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

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