#72A8BB#72A8BB

#72A8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.063 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8BB
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -12.84, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 20.03, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0469 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.063 222)
XYZ	xyz(29.9086, 35.1686, 52.2163)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8BB #BB8572

analogous

#72BBAA #72A8BB #7284BB

triadic

#72A8BB #BB72A8 #A8BB72

tetradic

#72A8BB #AA72BB #BB8572 #84BB72

square

#72A8BB #AA72BB #BB8572 #84BB72

split-complementary

#72A8BB #BB7284 #BBAA72

monochromatic

#3A6878 #4E8CA2 #72A8BB #9BC1CF #C5DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#72A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#72A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8BB

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8BB	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.063 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc1cf',
    500: '#72a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8bb;
$custom-light: #9dc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.35171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8BB

secondary

#D3BEB6

accent

#795DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8BB

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

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