#72ACD1#72ACD1

#72ACD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.081 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72ACD1
RGBrgb(114, 172, 209)
HSLhsl(203, 51%, 63%)
HSVhsv(203, 45%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(45.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(67.79, -9.03, -24.66)
CIE-LCHlch(67.79, 26.26, 249.88°)
OKLaboklab(71.85% -0.0436 -0.0684)
OKLCHoklch(71.85% 0.081 237.4)
XYZxyz(33.1966, 37.6836, 65.8336)
Luminance0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72ACD1 #D19772
analogous
#72D1C6 #72ACD1 #727CD1
triadic
#72ACD1 #D172AC #ACD172
tetradic
#72ACD1 #C672D1 #D19772 #7CD172
square
#72ACD1 #C672D1 #D19772 #7CD172
split-complementary
#72ACD1 #D1727C #D1C672
monochromatic
#317097 #4491C2 #72ACD1 #A0C7E0 #CEE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#72ACD1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54
#72ACD1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACD1
8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72ACD1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72ACD11.002.468.548.54
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5421.001.001.00
##0000008.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BABD3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA1D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#48B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72acd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.081 237.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4df',
    500: '#72acd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72acd1;
$custom-light: #9fc4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72acd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72ACD1
secondary
#E0CCBE
accent
#6227BE
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1215
muted
#7F8183

Preview Lab

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#72ACD1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva