#72ACD5#72ACD5

#72ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.085 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACD5
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -7.91, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 27.78, 253.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0422 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.085 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6980, 37.8841, 68.4745)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACD5 #D59B72

analogous

#72D5CC #72ACD5 #727BD5

triadic

#72ACD5 #D572AC #ACD572

tetradic

#72ACD5 #CC72D5 #D59B72 #7BD572

square

#72ACD5 #CC72D5 #D59B72 #7BD572

split-complementary

#72ACD5 #D5727B #D5CC72

monochromatic

#2F709E #4390C7 #72ACD5 #A1C8E3 #D0E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#72ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACD5

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACD5	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.085 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc4e2',
    500: '#72acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acd5;
$custom-light: #9fc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72014,
    "c": 0.08519,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACD5

secondary

#E3CEC0

accent

#6524C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACD5

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

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