#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
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -7.69, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 26.06, 252.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0399 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.08 240)
XYZ	xyz(32.0788, 36.0367, 63.6460)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72A8CE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72A8CE

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

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