#72A8BA#72A8BA

#72A8BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.063 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8BA
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -13.11, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 19.82, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0473 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.063 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8019, 35.1260, 51.6545)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8BA #BA8472

analogous

#72BAA8 #72A8BA #7284BA

triadic

#72A8BA #BA72A8 #A8BA72

tetradic

#72A8BA #A872BA #BA8472 #84BA72

square

#72A8BA #A872BA #BA8472 #84BA72

split-complementary

#72A8BA #BA7284 #BAA872

monochromatic

#3A6877 #4E8CA0 #72A8BA #9BC1CE #C4DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#72A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#72A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8BA

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8BA	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.063 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc1ce',
    500: '#72a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ba;
$custom-light: #9dc1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8BA

secondary

#D2BDB6

accent

#795DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8BA

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

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