#72A8CE#72A8CE

#72A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.080 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A8CE
RGBrgb(114, 168, 206)
HSLhsl(205, 48%, 63%)
HSVhsv(205, 45%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(44.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.55, -7.69, -24.90)
CIE-LCHlch(66.55, 26.06, 252.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.83% -0.0399 -0.069)
OKLCHoklch(70.83% 0.08 240)
XYZxyz(32.0788, 36.0367, 63.6460)
Luminance0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A8CE #CE9872
analogous
#72CEC6 #72A8CE #727ACE
triadic
#72A8CE #CE72A8 #A8CE72
tetradic
#72A8CE #C672CE #CE9872 #7ACE72
square
#72A8CE #C672CE #CE9872 #7ACE72
split-complementary
#72A8CE #CE727A #CEC672
monochromatic
#336B93 #458CBE #72A8CE #9FC4DE #CDE0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#72A8CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21
#72A8CE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8CE
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A8CE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A8CE1.002.568.218.21
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2121.001.001.00
##0000008.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97A7D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B9ECD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4BB1B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.080 240.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc1dd',
    500: '#72a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a8ce;
$custom-light: #9fc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70831,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.36039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A8CE
secondary
#DFCBBD
accent
#662ABC
background
#FAFBFD
surface
#F3F7FB
border
#CDD0D4
text
#0F1215
muted
#7F8183

Preview Lab

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#72A8CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva