#72A8CA#72A8CA

#72A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.076 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8CA
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -8.80, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 24.54, 248.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0413 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.076 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5991, 35.8448, 61.1193)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8CA #CA9472

analogous

#72CAC0 #72A8CA #727CCA

triadic

#72A8CA #CA72A8 #A8CA72

tetradic

#72A8CA #C072CA #CA9472 #7CCA72

square

#72A8CA #C072CA #CA9472 #7CCA72

split-complementary

#72A8CA #CA727C #CAC072

monochromatic

#356B8D #468DB9 #72A8CA #9EC3DB #CBDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#72A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#72A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8CA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8CA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.076 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec1da',
    500: '#72a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8ca;
$custom-light: #9ec1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.07565,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8CA

secondary

#DCC8BC

accent

#632DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F3F7FA

border

#CDD0D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8CA

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

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