#72A7D5#72A7D5

#72A7D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.088 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A7D5
RGB	rgb(114, 167, 213)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -5.16, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 29.25, 259.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0362 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.088 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7643, 36.0167, 68.1633)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A7D5 #D5A072

analogous

#72D5D2 #72A7D5 #7276D5

triadic

#72A7D5 #D572A7 #A7D572

tetradic

#72A7D5 #D272D5 #D5A072 #76D572

square

#72A7D5 #D272D5 #D5A072 #76D572

split-complementary

#72A7D5 #D57276 #D5D272

monochromatic

#2F6A9E #438AC7 #72A7D5 #A1C4E3 #D0E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#72A7D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#72A7D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A7D5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A7D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A7D5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a7d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 167, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.088 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1e2',
    500: '#72a7d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a7d5;
$custom-light: #9fc1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a7d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.879,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A7D5

secondary

#E3D0C0

accent

#6D24C2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A7D5

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

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