#72ACDA#72ACDA

#72ACDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.091 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACDA
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(207, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -6.48, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 29.81, 257.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0405 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.091 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3424, 38.1419, 71.8685)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACDA #DAA072

analogous

#72DAD4 #72ACDA #7278DA

triadic

#72ACDA #DA72AC #ACDA72

tetradic

#72ACDA #D472DA #DAA072 #78DA72

square

#72ACDA #D472DA #DAA072 #78DA72

split-complementary

#72ACDA #DA7278 #DAD472

monochromatic

#2C70A6 #428FCD #72ACDA #A2C9E7 #D3E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72ACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#72ACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACDA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACDA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.091 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e5',
    500: '#72acda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acda;
$custom-light: #a0c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.538,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACDA

secondary

#E6D2C2

accent

#691FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACDA

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

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