#72A9DB#72A9DB

#72A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.094 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A9DB
RGB	rgb(114, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(209, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -4.54, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 31.21, 261.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0367 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.094 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9092, 37.0654, 72.3716)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A9DB #DBA472

analogous

#72DBD8 #72A9DB #7275DB

triadic

#72A9DB #DB72A9 #A9DB72

tetradic

#72A9DB #D872DB #DBA472 #75DB72

square

#72A9DB #D872DB #DBA472 #75DB72

split-complementary

#72A9DB #DB7275 #DBD872

monochromatic

#2B6CA8 #418BCF #72A9DB #A3C7E7 #D4E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#72A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#72A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A9DB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A9DB	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.094 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2e6',
    500: '#72a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a9db;
$custom-light: #a0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A9DB

secondary

#E6D4C3

accent

#6F1FC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A9DB

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

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