#72ACDC#72ACDC

#72ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.093 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACDC
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(207, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -5.91, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 30.65, 258.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0399 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.093 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6057, 38.2472, 73.2552)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACDC #DCA272

analogous

#72DCD7 #72ACDC #7277DC

triadic

#72ACDC #DC72AC #ACDC72

tetradic

#72ACDC #D772DC #DCA272 #77DC72

square

#72ACDC #D772DC #DCA272 #77DC72

split-complementary

#72ACDC #DC7277 #DCD772

monochromatic

#2A70AA #418FD0 #72ACDC #A3C9E8 #D4E6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#72ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#72ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACDC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACDC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.093 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e7',
    500: '#72acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acdc;
$custom-light: #a0c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.17,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACDC

secondary

#E7D3C3

accent

#6B1EC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACDC

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

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