#72ACDB#72ACDB

#72ACDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.092 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACDB
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(207, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -6.20, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 30.23, 258.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0402 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.092 244)
XYZ	xyz(34.4737, 38.1944, 72.5597)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACDB #DBA172

analogous

#72DBD5 #72ACDB #7277DB

triadic

#72ACDB #DB72AC #ACDB72

tetradic

#72ACDB #D572DB #DBA172 #77DB72

square

#72ACDB #D572DB #DBA172 #77DB72

split-complementary

#72ACDB #DB7277 #DBD572

monochromatic

#2B70A8 #418FCF #72ACDB #A3C9E7 #D4E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72ACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#72ACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACDB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACDB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.092 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e6',
    500: '#72acdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acdb;
$custom-light: #a0c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7227,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.38197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACDB

secondary

#E6D3C3

accent

#6A1FC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACDB

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

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