#72ADCE#72ADCE

#72ADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.078 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72ADCE
RGB	rgb(114, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -10.41, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 25.01, 245.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0459 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.078 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0197, 37.9185, 63.9596)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72ADCE #CE9372

analogous

#72CEC1 #72ADCE #727FCE

triadic

#72ADCE #CE72AD #ADCE72

tetradic

#72ADCE #C172CE #CE9372 #7FCE72

square

#72ADCE #C172CE #CE9372 #7FCE72

split-complementary

#72ADCE #CE727F #CEC172

monochromatic

#337093 #4593BE #72ADCE #9FC7DE #CDE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#72ADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#72ADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72ADCE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72ADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72ADCE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72adce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.078 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc5dd',
    500: '#72adce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72adce;
$custom-light: #9fc5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72adce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.522,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72ADCE

secondary

#DFC9BD

accent

#5E2ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F3F8FB

border

#CDD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #72ADCE

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

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