#72A8DB#72A8DB

#72A8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A8DB
RGB	rgb(114, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -3.99, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 31.56, 262.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0355 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.094 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7238, 36.6947, 72.3098)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A8DB #DBA572

analogous

#72DBDA #72A8DB #7273DB

triadic

#72A8DB #DB72A8 #A8DB72

tetradic

#72A8DB #DA72DB #DBA572 #73DB72

square

#72A8DB #DA72DB #DBA572 #73DB72

split-complementary

#72A8DB #DB7273 #DBDA72

monochromatic

#2B6BA8 #418ACF #72A8DB #A3C6E7 #D4E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#72A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#72A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A8DB

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A8DB	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c1e6',
    500: '#72a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a8db;
$custom-light: #a0c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7139,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A8DB

secondary

#E6D4C3

accent

#701FC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A8DB

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

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