#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
RGBrgb(114, 172, 213)
HSLhsl(205, 54%, 64%)
HSVhsv(205, 46%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(46.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.94, -7.91, -26.64)
CIE-LCHlch(67.94, 27.78, 253.47°)
OKLaboklab(72.01% -0.0422 -0.074)
OKLCHoklch(72.01% 0.085 240.3)
XYZxyz(33.6980, 37.8841, 68.4745)
Luminance0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##72ACD51.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#72ACD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva