#72AAED#72AAED

#72AAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AAED
RGB	rgb(114, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 0.20, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 39.17, 270.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0323 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.115 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5949, 38.4385, 85.5953)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AAED #EDB572

analogous

#72E7ED #72AAED #7872ED

triadic

#72AAED #ED72AA #AAED72

tetradic

#72AAED #ED72E7 #EDB572 #72ED78

square

#72AAED #ED72E7 #EDB572 #72ED78

split-complementary

#72AAED #ED7872 #E7ED72

monochromatic

#1A6ACB #3C89E6 #72AAED #A8CBF4 #DFEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#72AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AAED

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AAED	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3f3',
    500: '#72aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aaed;
$custom-light: #a2c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.683,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AAED

secondary

#F0DFCB

accent

#7C0CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AAED

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

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