#72A7CD#72A7CD

#72A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.079 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7CD
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -7.42, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 25.92, 253.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.039 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.079 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7738, 35.6205, 62.9469)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7CD #CD9872

analogous

#72CDC6 #72A7CD #7279CD

triadic

#72A7CD #CD72A7 #A7CD72

tetradic

#72A7CD #C672CD #CD9872 #79CD72

square

#72A7CD #C672CD #CD9872 #79CD72

split-complementary

#72A7CD #CD7279 #CDC672

monochromatic

#336A91 #458BBD #72A7CD #9FC3DD #CCDFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7CD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7CD	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.079 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1dc',
    500: '#72a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7cd;
$custom-light: #9fc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.055,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.07913,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7CD

secondary

#DECBBD

accent

#672BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FB

border

#CDD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7CD

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

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