#72A9BA#72A9BA

#72A9BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.063 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A9BA
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -13.64, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 19.86, 226.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0486 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.063 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9873, 35.4966, 51.7162)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A9BA #BA8372

analogous

#72BAA7 #72A9BA #7285BA

triadic

#72A9BA #BA72A9 #A9BA72

tetradic

#72A9BA #A772BA #BA8372 #85BA72

square

#72A9BA #A772BA #BA8372 #85BA72

split-complementary

#72A9BA #BA7285 #BAA772

monochromatic

#3A6977 #4E8DA0 #72A9BA #9BC2CE #C4DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72A9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#72A9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A9BA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A9BA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.063 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc2ce',
    500: '#72a9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a9ba;
$custom-light: #9dc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.06269,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A9BA

secondary

#D2BCB6

accent

#775DCA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A9BA

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

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