#72AADE#72AADE

#72AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AADE
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -4.23, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 32.19, 262.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0369 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.096 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4944, 37.5983, 74.5326)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AADE #DEA672

analogous

#72DEDC #72AADE #7274DE

triadic

#72AADE #DE72AA #AADE72

tetradic

#72AADE #DC72DE #DEA672 #74DE72

square

#72AADE #DC72DE #DEA672 #74DE72

split-complementary

#72AADE #DE7274 #DEDC72

monochromatic

#296DAD #408CD2 #72AADE #A4C8EA #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#72AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AADE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AADE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3e8',
    500: '#72aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aade;
$custom-light: #a0c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AADE

secondary

#E8D5C4

accent

#701CCA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AADE

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

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