#72ACDE#72ACDE

#72ACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.095 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACDE
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -5.33, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 31.50, 260.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0392 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.095 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8722, 38.3538, 74.6585)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACDE #DEA472

analogous

#72DEDA #72ACDE #7276DE

triadic

#72ACDE #DE72AC #ACDE72

tetradic

#72ACDE #DA72DE #DEA472 #76DE72

square

#72ACDE #DA72DE #DEA472 #76DE72

split-complementary

#72ACDE #DE7276 #DEDA72

monochromatic

#2970AD #408FD2 #72ACDE #A4C9EA #D5E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#72ACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#72ACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACDE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACDE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72acde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.095 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4e8',
    500: '#72acde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72acde;
$custom-light: #a0c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72acde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACDE

secondary

#E8D5C4

accent

#6C1CCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACDE

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

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