#72ACED#72ACED

#72ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ACED
RGB	rgb(114, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -0.92, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 38.32, 268.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0345 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.113 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9727, 39.1940, 85.7212)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ACED #EDB372

analogous

#72EAED #72ACED #7672ED

triadic

#72ACED #ED72AC #ACED72

tetradic

#72ACED #ED72EA #EDB372 #72ED76

square

#72ACED #ED72EA #EDB372 #72ED76

split-complementary

#72ACED #ED7672 #EAED72

monochromatic

#1A6DCB #3C8CE6 #72ACED #A8CCF4 #DFECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ACED

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ACED	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4f3',
    500: '#72aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72aced;
$custom-light: #a2c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.707,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73083,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ACED

secondary

#F0DECB

accent

#790CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ACED

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

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