#72ACDD#72ACDD

#72ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.094 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACDD
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -5.62, -30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 31.07, 259.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0395 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.094 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7385, 38.3004, 73.9547)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACDD #DDA372

analogous

#72DDD9 #72ACDD #7276DD

triadic

#72ACDD #DD72AC #ACDD72

tetradic

#72ACDD #D972DD #DDA372 #76DD72

square

#72ACDD #D972DD #DDA372 #76DD72

split-complementary

#72ACDD #DD7276 #DDD972

monochromatic

#2970AB #418FD1 #72ACDD #A3C9E9 #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#72ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACDD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACDD	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.094 245.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.477,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72357,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACDD

secondary

#E7D4C4

accent

#6C1DC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACDD

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

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