#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
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 209)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 17.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -9.03, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 26.26, 249.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0436 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.081 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1966, 37.6836, 65.8336)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##72ACD1	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72ACD1

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

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