#72AADD#72AADD

#72AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.095 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AADD
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -4.52, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 31.75, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0372 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.095 247)
XYZ	xyz(34.3608, 37.5448, 73.8288)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AADD #DDA572

analogous

#72DDDA #72AADD #7274DD

triadic

#72AADD #DD72AA #AADD72

tetradic

#72AADD #DA72DD #DDA572 #74DD72

square

#72AADD #DA72DD #DDA572 #74DD72

split-complementary

#72AADD #DD7274 #DDDA72

monochromatic

#296DAB #418CD1 #72AADD #A3C8E9 #D5E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#72AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#72AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AADD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AADD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.095 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e7',
    500: '#72aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aadd;
$custom-light: #a0c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.598,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.37547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AADD

secondary

#E7D5C4

accent

#6F1DC9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AADD

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

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