#72ADCD#72ADCD

#72ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.077 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADCD
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -10.68, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 24.68, 244.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0463 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.077 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.8986, 37.8700, 63.3218)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADCD #CD9272

analogous

#72CDC0 #72ADCD #727FCD

triadic

#72ADCD #CD72AD #ADCD72

tetradic

#72ADCD #C072CD #CD9272 #7FCD72

square

#72ADCD #C072CD #CD9272 #7FCD72

split-complementary

#72ADCD #CD727F #CDC072

monochromatic

#337091 #4593BD #72ADCD #9FC7DD #CCE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#72ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADCD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADCD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.077 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc5dc',
    500: '#72adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adcd;
$custom-light: #9fc5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.099,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.37872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADCD

secondary

#DEC8BD

accent

#5D2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADCD

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

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