#72ADCA#72ADCA

#72ADCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.074 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADCA
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -11.51, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 23.73, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0474 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.074 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5399, 37.7266, 61.4329)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADCA #CA8F72

analogous

#72CABB #72ADCA #7281CA

triadic

#72ADCA #CA72AD #ADCA72

tetradic

#72ADCA #BB72CA #CA8F72 #81CA72

square

#72ADCA #BB72CA #CA8F72 #81CA72

split-complementary

#72ADCA #CA7281 #CABB72

monochromatic

#35708D #4693B9 #72ADCA #9EC7DB #CBE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#72ADCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#72ADCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADCA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADCA	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.074 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc5da',
    500: '#72adca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adca;
$custom-light: #9fc5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.773,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.07438,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADCA

secondary

#DCC6BC

accent

#5B2DB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FA

border

#CDD1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADCA

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

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