#72A6CA#72A6CA

#72A6CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.076 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A6CA
RGB	rgb(114, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -7.71, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 24.99, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0388 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.076 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2327, 35.1120, 60.9972)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A6CA #CA9672

analogous

#72CAC2 #72A6CA #727ACA

triadic

#72A6CA #CA72A6 #A6CA72

tetradic

#72A6CA #C272CA #CA9672 #7ACA72

square

#72A6CA #C272CA #CA9672 #7ACA72

split-complementary

#72A6CA #CA727A #CAC272

monochromatic

#35698D #468AB9 #72A6CA #9EC2DB #CBDEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#72A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A6CA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A6CA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.076 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec0da',
    500: '#72a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a6ca;
$custom-light: #9ec0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A6CA

secondary

#DCC9BC

accent

#662DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A6CA

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

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