#72A8DA#72A8DA

#72A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.093 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8DA
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(209, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -4.28, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 31.11, 262.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0358 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.093 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5926, 36.6422, 71.6186)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8DA #DAA472

analogous

#72DAD8 #72A8DA #7274DA

triadic

#72A8DA #DA72A8 #A8DA72

tetradic

#72A8DA #D872DA #DAA472 #74DA72

square

#72A8DA #D872DA #DAA472 #74DA72

split-complementary

#72A8DA #DA7274 #DAD872

monochromatic

#2C6BA6 #428ACD #72A8DA #A2C6E7 #D3E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#72A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8DA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8DA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.093 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c1e5',
    500: '#72a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8da;
$custom-light: #a0c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.846,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8DA

secondary

#E6D3C2

accent

#701FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8DA

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

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